Connection strings are string variables which contain database connection information and then passed to ADO which will interpret them and act accordingly. Since there are going to be passed to ADO, they need to be in a comprehensible for ADO format. This tutorial was created as an easy reference of various ADO and ADO.NET connection strings for the most popular database types.

The Application object is used to control and manage all items that are available to all users of an Active Server application. The Application items can be variables needed for all users in the application, or they can be instantiated objects that provide special server-side functionality. In this tutorial the syntax, collections, methods and events of the ASP Application object are described.

Here you will find a reference for the 6 ASP objects, indexed at the top of the page. Quite helpful for ASP development.

The Request object retrieves the values that the client browser passed to the server during an HTTP request. It is used to get information from the user. Using this object, you can dynamically create web pages and perform various server-side actions based on input from the user. In this tutorial the syntax, collections, properties and methods of the ASP Request object are described.

The Response object is used to send output to the client from the web server. In this tutorial the syntax, collections, properties and methods of the ASP Response object are described.

The Server object provides access to properties and methods on the server. Much of functionality it provides is simply functionality the web server itself uses in the normal processing of client requests and server responses. In this tutorial the syntax, properties and methods of the ASP Server object are described.

The Session object stores information needed for a particular user's session on the web server. It is automatically created every time when an ASP page from the web site or web application is requested by a user who does not already have a session, and it remains available until the session expires. In this tutorial the syntax, collections, properties, methods and events of the ASP Session object are described.

This is an informative 323 page reference source that documents all of the properties, collections, methods, and events for the nine ADO (ActiveX Data Objects) objects and the three RDS (Remote Data Services) objects.

This is a valuable 71 page reference source that explains and provides comprehensive, working examples of code for all of the collections, events, methods, and properties belonging to the seven Built-in Active Server Pages objects.

This is an informative 40 page reference source that explains and gives examples of code for the clauses, declarations, expressions, functions, operators, and statements used by Jet SQL.