Windows NT/2000 ADSI Scripting for System Administration

If you want to search an LDAP namespace, you can take advantage of the ActiveX Data Objects (ADO). Although the topic is covered relatively thoroughly in MSDN, there are additional sources of information on ADO found in both electronic and print format.

Web Resources

You might want to consider the following URLs to answer any questions regarding ADO:

DevX “ Ask the IT Professionals:

http://www.inquiry.com

Microsoft Universal Data Access:

http://www.microsoft.com/data

Print Resources

The following texts do an excellent job of covering developer use of ADO:

Sussman, David 1999. ADO 2.1 Programmer's Reference . Birmingham, UK:Wrox Press. ISBN: 1861002688

Wille, Christoph.2000. Teach Yourself ADO 2.5 in 21 Days . Indianapolis: SAMS. ISBN: 0672318733