Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) samples

Directories. Visual Basic: sqllib\samples\ole\msvb; Visual C++: sqllib\samples\ole\msvc.

Table 1. Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) sample programs
Sample program name	Program description
`sales`	Demonstrates rollup queries on a Microsoft Excel sales spreadsheet (implemented in Visual Basic).
`names`	Queries a Lotus Notes address book (implemented in Visual Basic).
`inbox`	Queries Microsoft Exchange inbox e-mail messages through OLE/Messaging (implemented in Visual Basic).
`invoice`	An OLE automation user-defined function that sends Microsoft Word invoice documents as e-mail attachments (implemented in Visual Basic).
`bcounter`	An OLE automation user-defined function demonstrating a scratchpad using instance variables (implemented in Visual Basic).
`ccount`	A counter OLE automation user-defined function (implemented in Visual C++).
`salsrv`	An OLE automation stored procedure that calculates the median salary of the STAFF table of the `sample` database (implemented in Visual Basic).
`salcltvc`	A Visual C++ CLI sample that calls the Visual Basic stored procedure, `salsrv`.
`salcltvb`	A Visual Basic CLI sample that calls the Visual Basic stored procedure, `salsrv`.
`salsvado`	An OLE automation stored procedure, implemented in 32-bit Visual Basic and ADO, that demonstrates output parameters by calculating the median salary in newly-created table, STAFF2, and demonstrates result sets by retrieving salaries from the table.
`salclado`	A Visual Basic client that calls the Visual Basic stored procedure, `salsvado`.
`testcli`	An OLE automation embedded SQL client application that calls the stored procedure, `tstsrv` (implemented in Visual C++).
`tstsrv`	An OLE automation stored procedure demonstrating the passing of various types between client and stored procedure (implemented in Visual C++).