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Paperback: 704 pages
Publisher: MICROSOFT PRESS; Har/Cdr edition (1 May 2002)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0735614237
ISBN-13: 978-0735614239
Product Dimensions: 23 x 19.2 x 5.4 cm

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Microsoft ActiveX® Data Objects .NET (ADO.NET) is a set of libraries included with the Microsoft .NET Framework that helps you communicate with data from .NET-based applications—including XML data. Discover how to access, sort, and manipulate data in Web-enabled enterprise applications with this book. You’ll get expert guidance and insider tips from a leading database and ADO authority about how to write, test, and debug database code with the tools and wizards in Visual Studio .NET. You’ll also learn about the improved ADO.NET object model, its XML features for Web extensibility, its enhanced integration with Microsoft SQL Server™ 2000, and more. Topics covered in this guide include: • Overview of ADO.NET • Building applications with the Data Form Wizard • Connecting to your database • Querying your database • Working with DataAdapters • Storing data in DataSets • Filtering and searching data in DataSets • Working with relational data • Submitting updates to your database • Advanced updating scenarios • Using strongly typed DataSets • Interacting with XML data • Building effective Windows® database applications • Building effective Web database applications INCLUDED ON CD-ROM: • A fully searchable electronic copy of the book • Sample code in C# and Microsoft Visual Basic® .NET (also available from the link on this page)

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The data-access developer’s essential guide for writing large-scale, Web-enabled database applications with Visual Studio .NET

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5.0 out of 5 stars The New "Hitchhiker's Guide" for Data Access?, 12 Dec 2002

By	Tim Sneath (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

Amongst the diverse range of .NET books out there, there aren't many that give a full treatment to ADO.NET. That's surprising, since ADO.NET marks a significant revolution to Microsoft's data access model, and having a good understanding of the object model is essential to writing high-performance data-centric applications.

Enter the MS Press Core Reference. This hardback is a little intimidating on first examination due to its size, but is well enough structured that you can dip into an interesting chapter without missing out on what's gone before it. Calling it a reference book is perhaps misleading: it implies that the book is far less readable as a tutorial than it actually is. The author's experience in the WebData team comes across - there are sidebars scattered throughout with valuable performance tips and tricks that are usually not well known.

The book isn't without any weaknesses. For instance, it could benefit from a little more depth on how to design a data tier in ADO.NET: one could come away rather daunted by the range of choices available. The introduction of the concept of strongly-typed datasets also comes a little late, perhaps. But overall, the quality and accuracy of the information contained, coupled with a very approachable writing style, leaves this as the best book available on the subject for enterprise developers. Recommended.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book, 23 April 2004

By	Vivek Viswanathan "vivek_v" (London, UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

A really good book, I had a softcopy of the book and I had read a coupleof chapter by printing out the softcopy. I had to get the hardcopy of thebook since it is such a good book, I needed the book mainly for my Ms .NETcertification 70-316, I almost read about 40% of the book in about a dayand half just 2 days before my exam, and trust me is it really a good booksince I could absorb a lot in such short reading. I used Amit Kalanis bookfor 70-316 but the amount of stuff regarding 70-316 covered in that bookis not enough for the exam, you will need this book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars ADO.NET a must have book !, 29 Nov 2003

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Having brought a few books on VB.NET and each having sections on ADO.NET, i could not get my head around some of the concepts. But i found this book that takes you through step by step examples both in VB & C# and throughly explains everything. So if your just starting out with ADO.NET this is a must have book. The price could have been double, but the time i saved it would have been still worth it !

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for begineers
After being given the task of rewriting all of our internal databases into one system, I was a little scared of ADO.net and Visual Studio. Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars Very good ADO.NET book
I got this book to help increase my ADO.NET knowledge that is required for the MCAD/MCSD.NET certifications.

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