DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION

ANDHRA PRADESH
Name : Y. Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy
Designation : Senior Lecturer
Branch : Commercial and Computer
Practice
Institute : G.P.W ., Kakinada
Year/Semester : VI Semester
Subject : Visual Basic – II
Subject Code : CCP – 603
Topic : Database Programming
Duration : 50 Mts
Sub Topic : Data Access Objects
Teaching Aids : PPTs
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Objective :

On completion of this period, you would be

able to:
 Know about Data Access Objects

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Structure Of The Period :

 What is DAO
 History of DAO
 Terminology of Data Access
 General Characteristics of DAO

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Recap :
 There are 3 important properties to be set
for a data control
 They are :
 Connect
 Database Name
 Record Source
 They can be set by selecting the
appropriate database type, database file
and table name respectively
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What is DAO :

 Data Access Objects is a general

programming interface for database access
on Microsoft Windows
 Data Control and Data Access objects are the
interfaces used to connect to the Jet
Database engine

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History of DAO :

 DAO 1.0 came up in November 1992

 Later (in version 3.5) it was able to go beyond
the Jet engine and access ODBC data
sources, including Microsoft SQL Server and
other enterprise database systems
 DAO 3.6 was the final version developed by
Microsoft

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Terminology of Data Access:
 DAO Data Access Objects
 ADO ActiveX Data Objects
 RDO Remote Data Objects
 ISAM Indexed Sequential Access
Method
 ODBC Open Data Base Connectivity
 API Application Program Interface

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Terminology of Data Access :
 Data Access Objects (DAO) provide data
access to native Microsoft Jet engine databases
(.mdb files), selected ISAM databases, and any
ODBC data source
 Historically, DAO is a popular solution when it
comes to using Microsoft® Access (.mdb) and
ISAM data sources such as Btrieve, FoxPro,
Paradox, and dBase

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General Characteristics of DAO :

The general characteristics of DAO are:

 Difficulty in coding
 Flexibility, with facilities to access many different
data sources
 Adequate-to-slow performance
 Dynamic Data Language (DLL) functionality
 Support for complex cursors

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Summary :

 Data Access Objects is a general

programming interface for database access
on Microsoft Windows systems
 DAO is a popular solution when it comes to
using Microsoft® Access (.mdb) and ISAM
data sources such as Btrieve, FoxPro,
Paradox, and dBase

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Summary :

 DAO is relatively old and slow technology

when compared with ADO and RDO
 DAO is difficult for coding
 DAO 3.6 is the final version in this
technology

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Quiz :
1. What does DAO stands for ?
Ans: Data Access Objects

2. What does ADO stands for ?

Ans: ActiveX Data Objects

3. What does RDO stands for ?

Ans: Remote Data Objects

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Frequently Asked Questions :

1. Briefly explain DAO.

2. Narrate the history of DAO.

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Assignment :

1. List out the general characteristics of DAO.

2. Write short notes on:
DAO, ADO, RDO.

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Thank You

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