about ADO

[Eric lau]

Can java invoke ADO ? and how ?

[Gregg Bolinger]

You do realize ADO is an API. You could probably interface with the API through some DLL's using JNI. Not sure about invoking it though. But why???
What is wrong with JDBC? Are you having a problem with a database and you think ADO is the answer?
I would suggest that if you want to use ADO then use a MS Language to do so. It would be a lot easier.
I really am curious though as to why you want to use ADO with JAVA.

[Eric lau]

Thank for your reply ,my trouble is :
We will install a database such as sybase on the client computer ,but we don't want our client know this operation and don't want client to view the data in the database ,so we want to register the DLL for sybase on the computer ,and we operate the Database file through the DLL .But now I don't know how to use the DLL .

[Eric lau]

by the way ,the OS of client 's computer is WINNT or WIN2000

[Gregg Bolinger]

I still don't see the problem. And I am not sure if I understand what you mean, by you not wanting the client to know about the sybase operation? Do you mean you don't want the client to realize they are using a database, or you are afraid of the client looking in the code of the class files and finding the information on how to get into the database illegally?
Both are easily solved and probably easier than getting into JNI operations.
As far as using a DLL, definatly look into JNI
[ September 09, 2002: Message edited by: Gregg Bolinger ]

[Siegfried Heintze]

The easiest way to use ADO is to abandon Java in favor of J# (or J++). J# is basically Java 1.14.
ADO is implemented in COM and making Java talk to COM is exactly what all the hoopla was about regarding the lawsuites between Microsoft and SUN.
Making SUN's java talk to any COM object is very painful: you must create a JNI wrapper to call C and then another C wrapper to call ADO and calling ADO from C is no fun.
You might consider using IBM's C++ version of JNI (I cannot remember what it is called) because it is considerably easier to call ADO from C++. ADO was specifically designed to accommodate Visual Basic and Scripting programmers, however.
Siegfried Heintze
SIGNITEK Consulting

[Gregg Bolinger]

And if you are willing to use J#, you might as well use C# instead. I don't see any reason to use J# if you can use C#. And C# is JAVA. Plain and simpe.

[Thomas Paul]

In fact, it sounds like the whole thing would have been better if it had been written as a .NET application.