OLE DB uses the Component Object Model (COM) to make data from a variety of sources available to applications.
Relational databases are among the classes of data sources that you can access through OLE DB.
This section describes how to connect to an SAP Sybase IQ database using OLE DB from the following environments:
Sybase PowerBuilder® can access OLE DB data sources, and you can use SAP Sybase IQ as a PowerBuilder OLE DB database profile.
Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) provides a programming interface for OLE DB data sources. You can access RLV from programming tools such as Microsoft Visual Basic.
OLE DB requires a Windows client. However, you can access both Windows and UNIX servers using OLE DB.
This section is an introduction to how to use OLE DB from Sybase PowerBuilder and Microsoft ADO environments such as Visual Basic. It is not complete documentation on how to program using ADO or OLE DB. The primary source of information on development topics is your development tool documentation.