NAME

 DBD::ADO - A DBI driver for Microsoft ADO (Active Data Objects)

SYNOPSIS

 use DBI();

 my $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:ADO:$dsn", $user, $passwd );

DESCRIPTION

 The DBD::ADO module supports ADO access on a Win32 machine. DBD::ADO is
 written to support the standard DBI interface to data sources.

INSTALLATION

 To install this module type the following:

    perl Makefile.PL
    make
    make test
    make install

 You need to use the correct make command. That may be nmake or dmake,
 depending on which development environment you are using.
 If using the Win32 ActiveState build then it is recommended that you
 use the ppm utility to fetch and install the module instead.

PREREQUISITES

 DBI
 Win32::OLE

 ADO (http://www.microsoft.com/Data/download.htm)

AUTHORS

 Tim Bunce and Phlip. With many thanks to Jan Dubois and Jochen Wiedmann
 for additions, debuggery and general help.
 Special thanks to Thomas Lowery, who maintained this module 2001-2003.
 Current maintainer is Steffen Goeldner.

SUPPORT

 This software is supported via the dbi-users mailing list.
 For more information and to keep informed about progress you can join the
 mailing list by sending a message to [email protected]

 Please post details of any problems (or changes you needed to make) to
 [email protected] and CC them to me ([email protected]).

COPYRIGHT

 Copyright (c) 1998, Tim Bunce
 Copyright (c) 1999, Tim Bunce, Phlip, Thomas Lowery
 Copyright (c) 2000, Tim Bunce, Thomas Lowery
 Copyright (c) 2001, Tim Bunce, Thomas Lowery, Steffen Goeldner
 Copyright (c) 2002, Thomas Lowery, Steffen Goeldner
 Copyright (c) 2003, Thomas Lowery, Steffen Goeldner
 Copyright (c) 2004, Steffen Goeldner

 All rights reserved.

 You may distribute under the terms of either the GNU General Public
 License or the Artistic License, as specified in the Perl README file.