Microsoft Universal Data Access An overview of Microsoft's Universal Data Access and the Microsoft Data Access Components and also includes links to the FAQ and several related whitepapers. http://www.microsoft.com/data/

Pooling in the Microsoft Data Access Components Discusses the benefits, features, and behavior of pooling within the context of the MDAC architecture, including technology-specific tips for OLE DB, ADO, and ODBC developers. (Leland Ahlbeck and Don Willits / Microsoft) http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnmdac/html/pooling2.asp

ADO 2.6 Programmer's Reference Provides a reference to Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects version 2.6. By Alex Homer and David Sussman. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/186100463X/