include("$adodb_path/adodb.inc.php"); // includes the adodb library
$db = NewADOConnection('$database_type'); // A new connection
$db->Connect("$host", "$user", "$password", "$database_name");
access (Microsoft Access/Jet)
ado (Generic ADO, the base for all the other ADO drivers)
ado_access (Microsoft Access/Jet using ADO)
ado_mssql (Microsoft SQL Server using ADO)
db2 (DB2)
vfp (Microsoft Visual FoxPro)
fbsql (FrontBase)
ibase (Interbase 6 or before)
firebird (Firebird)
informix72 (Informix databases before Informix 7.3)
informix (Informix)
maxsql (MySQL with transaction support)
mssql (Microsoft SQL Server 7)
mssqlpo (Portable mssql driver)
mysql (MySQL without transaction support)
mysqlt (MySQL with transaction support, identical to maxmysql)
oci8 (Oracle 8/9)
oci805 (Oracle 8.0.5)
oci8po (Oracle 8/9 portable driver)
odbc (Generic ODBC, the base for all the other ODBC drivers)
odbc_mssql (MSSQL via ODBC)
odbc_oracle (Oracle via ODBC)
oracle (Oracle 7)
postgres (PostgreSQL)
postgres64 (PostgreSQL 6.4)
postgres7 (PostgreSQL 7, currently identical to postgres )
sqlanywhere (Sybase SQL Anywhere)
sybase (Sybase)