The ability to 'write less code' is more a function of the wrappers
(classes/functions/routines) that the higher level languages sit on top of
the very low level code that actually communicates with the database
(oledb/sqlnativeclient).

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Kevin G. Boles
Indicium Resources, Inc.
SQL Server MVP
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"Eric Kaplan" <tobycraftse@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> is that the main difference between ADO and ADO.net is
>
> ADO = native C++, need write more code to do query
>
> ADO.net = managed C++, write less code to do the same thing?