Data Manipulation with ADO
ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) let you access, filter, sort, and retrieve data from Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Access databases using VBScript and other scripting languages. Here are some of the most common uses of ADO for databases. Windows IT Pro
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Robert Sheldon
[August 1, 2008]
The ABCs of ADO
Here's what you need to know to start using ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) in VBScript scripts to interact with a variety of data sources. Windows IT Pro
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Karen Bemowski
Use ADO for Easy AD Searches
Organizing user accounts using AD can make your IT structure more manageable and flexible, but will also result in arduous account searches. Using ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) scripts to search AD will simplify your searches and help you find what you need. Windows IT Pro
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Bill Stewart
Introduction to ADO
Learn about the primary ADO objects--Connection, Command, Parameter, Recordset, and Field--and follow example scripts that demonstrate how to use ADO within VBScript. Windows IT Pro
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Robert Sheldon
ADO Series Begins This Month
If you conduct a search on the Scripting Pro VIP Web site, you'll run across a lot of articles that discuss scripts in which ADO is used but few articles that explain how to use it. That's about to change. Windows IT Pro
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Karen Bemowski
Finding Stale Accounts in Active Directory
StaleAccounts.js, a new tool written in JScript, makes finding stale accounts in Active Directory (AD) easy. It searches using the lastLogon, lastLogonTimestamp, or pwdLastSet attributes, and it can look for either user or computer objects. Windows IT Pro
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Bill Stewart
[November 7, 2007]
Much Ado About ADO
Not much has been written about ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) compared with how much coverage other technologies such as Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) and Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI) have received. That's about to change. Windows IT Pro
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Karen Bemowski
Don't Let Your AD Scripts Hang on You
Getting a script to process all the machines in an AD domain is a challenging task, especially when it includes numerous machines. ScriptTemplate.vbs can give you a better chance of successfully automating a task on all the servers in an AD domain. Windows IT Pro
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Chang Lu
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