Description:

Calling all VB.NET programmers and web developers! This highly anticipated book provides thorough instruction for using ADO.NET, supported with numerous relevant code examples and extensive technical information. So whether you're developing web applications using ASP.NET, Windows Forms applications, or XML Web Services, you’ll become adept at maximizing .NET's data access technology.

Topics include: ADO.NET data architecture; data readers, adapters, and DataSets; safer development with XML Schemas; data relationships; and ADO.NET’s built-in support and performance optimization. With such valuable content, you’ll come to master a solution-oriented approach to ADO.NET.

 

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1 – An Overview of ADO.NET
Chapter 2 – Using Data Readers
Chapter 3 – DataSets
Chapter 4 – Using Data Adapters
Chapter 5 – Typed Datasets and Dataset Schemas
Chapter 6 – XML and the DataSet
Chapter 7 – Constraints, Relations, and Views
Chapter 8 – Transactions
Chapter 9 – Mapping
Chapter 10 – Making a Data Services Component
Chapter 11 – ADO.NET and Web Services
Chapter 12 – SQL Server Native XML Support
Chapter 13 – Performance and Security
Chapter 14 – Integration and Migration
Chapter 15 – Creating a Custom .NET Data Provider
Appendix A – Visual Studio .NET and ADO.NET