Build your expertise as you move beyond the basics--and delve into the essential topics of programming with ADO.NET 2.0. This comprehensive reference offers expert guidance, hands-on instruction, and code samples in Microsoft Visual C#® and Visual Basic® to help advance your mastery of developing database applications for Microsoft Windows and the Web.
Discover how to: · Work with design-time data access features in Microsoft Visual Studio® 2005 · Use Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 data providers to connect to databases · Build connection strings and enable connection pooling · Execute queries, including parameterized and asynchronous queries, and retrieve their results · Create DataSet objects to work with offline data and explore common usage scenarios · Use the new Common Language Runtime features and XML data type in Microsoft SQL Server™ 2005 · Generate logic and use stored procedures for simple to advanced updating scenarios · Design Web applications with new data access features in ASP.NET 2.0--including code-free data-binding capabilities
PLUS--Get Visual Basic and C# code samples, and a Microsoft .NET Data Provider on the Web
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
An ADO Keeper:
It is not "ADO for Dummies" or a tedious quick tutorial. Have a working handle on either C# or VB going in because it's not going to explain it. There are no lengthy history lessons or idle chit-chat. With that said, this is a fast pace process through ADO with examples in both languages. It neither glosses nor dwells but moves through what you need when you need it. It is well structured from getting started with hookups and data readers through heavy lifting with parameterization on multi and mixed... more info
too difficult for me,:
I want one that may tell me step by step. Obviously this one is not such a book. It is too professional and focused in details that make things longer than you expected. if you are a beginner you would better not buy this one.
Awesome book - great detail:
This book does a great job at explaining each concept it covers. I started the book with many misconceptions of disconnected data and other ADO.NET items. The book has many great code examples that are kept short and to the point. I definitely recommend this book to my team and anyone else wanting a stronger understanding of how to effectively use ADO.NET. Some of the performance tips it provides will suprise you.
Breath of fresh air:
I normally buy Wrox books and up until .NET I was very happy with them, but their .NET books (ASP.NET 2.0 and VB.NET particularly) were poorly organized with massive numbers of errors in them. I wanted an ADO.NET book but the customer reviews of the Wrox title were poor so I kept looking and found this book that has much better reviews. I'd not bought a Microsoft Press book recently because I didn't like the last one I tried so this was an act of faith for me. I have to say, thought, that this book is... more info
