Kevin Spencer started programming in C in the early 1990s and wrote a number of shareware programs for DOS, most of which were door programs for BBSs. In the process, he learned to construct relational databases in C, and later worked with Microsoft Visual FoxPro and Access. As Internet database connectivity technologies began to emerge from Microsoft, he learned them as well. He then started his own business, Site Design by TAKempis, which specializes in Internet database application programming with ASP/ADO. Microsoft awarded him with the "Most Valuable Professional" award in 1997. He has written articles about Microsoft FrontPage and ASP/ADO for several online magazines, including ASP Today.

• Chapter 1: Why Use ASP and ADO to put your Database on the Web? Chapter 2: Setting Up ASP and ADO Chapter 3: Simple Recordsets - Reading Data Chapter 4: Basic SQL for ADO Recordsets Chapter 5: More Uses for Simple Recordsets Chapter 6: Connections Chapter 7: Behind the Scenes of ADO Chapter 8: Recordset Parameters Chapter 9: Recordset Methods and Properties Chapter 10: SQL Statements to Modify Data Chapter 11: Databases and Cookies Chapter 12: The Errors Collection Chapter 13: Command Object Chapter 14: Stored Procedures and Passing Parameters Chapter 15: Irregular Data Chapter 16: ADO Tips and Tricks Chapter 17: Performance Testing and Performance Improvements