ODBC connectivity in C#

Hi,

    I assume that you have already installed MySQL/ORACLE and their respective ODBC driver . Along with this basic knowledge of SQL queries.

Now, lets get started with C# ODBC connectivity.

1. Before writing any code , you need to include correct namespace.  

      using System.Data.Odbc;

2. For creating connection we will be using OdbcConnection class.

What is LDAP, AD, ADAM ?

Well,

Before getting started with an explanation  i would like if you go through following links to get basics of LDAP, AD, ADAM.

Here are the links :

  LDAP : 

     en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightweight_Directory_Access_Protocol

or refer RFC 4511

     ietf.org/rfc/rfc4511.txt