I am sponsoring a contest to see if someone can come up with ADO.net code to
insert records into a MS Access 2003 database faster than ADODB methods (MS
ActiveX Data Object 2.x library). My experiece has shown that I can write
records to Access at least 4 times faster using ADODB methods in a Visual
Studio 2003/2005 project as compared to any ADO.net methods. I want to see
if this is due to my ignorance or a problem with ADO.net and Access 2003
databases.

From the link below, there is a test project available that has five methods
of writing to an Access database, an ADODB method and 4 versions of ADO.net
methods. The time to write 30,000 records is timed for each method. The
code is written in VB.net.

There is a $100 reward to the first person who can use ADO.net methods that
beat the ADODB methods working within the confines of the rules. Note there
is only one reward.

Please see the following link for full details.

http://www.kelbli.net/kb1/AdoNetContest.html

Thanks

Brian