I'm in a very similar boat. Short answer: There isn't a better route
than the two you are familiar with.
You can either:
A) Stick with regular C++ and regular ADO (which isn't as easy, clean,
or as fast as ADO.NET but isn't horrible either)
B) Convert to Managed C++ and use ADO.NET. However, as you've noticed,
the Managed C++ route is buggy and filled with all kinds of obscure,
bizarre, hard to resolved problems.
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