How to deal with SQL Server from native C++ on the Windows platform?

Is there any solution other than the ugly ADO as it is not good and badly documented?

From stackoverflow

• You might want to take a look at the Qt toolkit, it provides an SQL interface that can talk to different database backends (including MS-SQL via ODBC).

  QSql

  Supported drivers

  cheers, mitch

• You could use the sqlncli.dll library, but is a ugly method.

• In the past, we used the DTL library and were relatively happy with it.

  SOCI looks like something deserving attention too. I never used it, though.

  Hippiehunter : I second the bit about SOCI, its a pretty good library and it has a fairly active community.

• Give my CSQLBinding class a shot. It handles most everything for you.