ADO Database Engine (Engine ado)

Via the ADO database engine, the possibility is provided to access the database within the 3-tier architecture. This is done by directing the client’s SQL query to the application server, which executes the query and sends the result as an ADO recordset (Active Data Object) in XML representation to the client.

This functionality is particularly used for SQL queries to formulate requests beyond the normal search capabilities of the client.

Only data manipulations (INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE) can be performed via this interface if this is enabled in the registry of the application server.