ADO objects and interfaces

Applies to: Access 2013, Office 2013

The relationships between these objects are represented in the ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) Object Model.

Each object can be contained in its corresponding collection. For example, an Error object can be contained in an Errors collection. For more information, see ADO collections or a specific collection topic.

Object	Description
ADORecordConstruction	Constructs an ADO Record object from an OLE DB Row object in a C/C++ application.
ADORecordsetConstruction	Constructs an ADO Recordset object from an OLE DB Rowset object in a C/C++ application.
Command	Defines a specific command that you intend to execute against a data source.
Connection	Represents an open connection to a data source.
Error	Contains details about data access errors that pertain to a single operation involving the provider.
Field	Represents a column of data with a common data type.
Parameter	Represents a parameter or argument associated with a Command object based on a parameterized query or stored procedure.
Property	Represents a dynamic characteristic of an ADO object that is defined by the provider.
Record	Represents a row of a Recordset, or a directory or file in a file system.
Recordset	Represents the entire set of records from a base table or the results of an executed command. At any time, the Recordset object refers to only a single record within the set as the current record.
Stream	Represents a binary stream of data.