In the Beginning ASP Databases, a trio of authors covers the basics of working with databases from ASP - especially using ActiveX Database Objects (ADO). This book is quite substantive in content but is written in the style of a rather mild-heart that makes new readers comfortable with the technology. From there, they show how to access databases using ADO, demystify how things work, and focus on several key areas, including debugging, SQL, and stored procedures. Many code examples are included, and each title with the explanation step by step. Throughout this book the author identifies some of the techniques is quite useful to employ and traps to see - nuggets of knowledge that will set a new ASP programmers on the right track. Plain Topics covered: ADO / OLE DB architecture, SQL, recordset, database and cookies, error handling, command object, stored procedures, irregular data handling, performance testing and tuning.