Based on an open standard, Oracle Provider for OLE DB (OraOLEDB) allows access to Oracle databases. This documentation describes OraOLEDB's provider-specific features and properties.
Oracle Provider for OLE DB Developer's Guide is intended for programmers developing applications to access an Oracle database using Oracle Provider for OLE DB. This documentation is also valuable to systems analysts, project managers, and others interested in the development of database applications.
To use this document, you must be familiar with OLE DB and have a working knowledge of application programming using Microsoft C/C++, Visual Basic, or ActiveX Data Objects (ADO). Knowledge of Component Object Model (COM) concepts are also useful.
Readers should also be familiar with the use of Structured Query Language (SQL) to access information in relational database systems.