<P>newObjects ODBC Simple Components (NOSC) are two ActiveX - DB Connection and a Recordset object. They implement
minimal DB functionality and depend on ODBC only. This makes them a bit less sodftware dependent than ADO which depends
on OLEDB providers and applicable for some applications where dependence on additional software is more important than
the features.
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<P>The NOSC features in two words. One considerable difference from other recordsets is the fact that each field can be read
only once. to reread a filed you will need to Requery the record. Other important difference from ADO for example is that the
Recordset.Open method is the only way to open a recordset. See the NOSC pages in the ALP documentation for details.
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<P>These samples show several related to each other pages and implement something like address book and a table with users.
In general NOSC usage needs no special skills - if you know ADO NOSC will not be any problem - you will need only to pay
attention to the limitations.
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<P><B>When to use?</B> Even if NOSC are less dependent on the pre-installed DB software than ADO the application area for
NOSC is narrow. Today most machines have ADO pre-installed (version 1.5 or later) and if they are not equiped with it
they probably have no ODBC installed either. So it is quite true to say that if you will need to update the local machine
it will be better to concentrate on ADO because you will have a chance to install it. However old MS Office installations
will install ODBC but not ADO, also on many Windows 95 machines this is exactly the case. Therefore if you target users
which will have MS Office NOSC can be trusted and avoiding any need of additional components installation will be a 
plus for your application. Anyway - it is up to you to determine carefuly if it worths to use NOSC in every particular case
and the point for your decision is ODBC. If it exist pre-installed in the environment where your application will run then
NOSC is applicable if not better use ADO and add the MSDAC redistributtable files to your distribution packages/CDs or
instruct users to install it.
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