Applied ADO.NET: Building Data-Drive Solutions

by Mahesh Chand and David Talbot

In this book, readers will learn to: * Understand the basics of ADO.NET, the data architecture for the .NET platform. * Work with both connected and disconnected data. * Build a custom data provider and leverage XML in applications. * Code custom stored procedures and call them from .NET. * Work with diverse types of databases including SQL Server, Oracle, and MySQL from .NET. * Use databinding on both Windows desktop and ASP.NET Web applications...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590590732
• ISBN13: 9781590590737
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Apress
• Length: 928 Pages
• Weight: 3.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 7.0" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Must have

This book has been my best guru in learning the ins and outs of database programming and ADO.NET. Authors give you an in depth understanding of ADO.NET, interfaces, internal classes and namespaces. The do a thorough discussion of every area of ADO.NET. Book is upto date, written using .NET version 1.1 and covers every available data provider including SQL Server, OLEDB, ORACLE, MYSQL, XML, ODBC and whatever else. Good chapter on ADO.NET FAQ. If you are learing and writing database applications, this book is an absolute must have.

I like ..

how author has discussed data binding in Windows Forms and Web Forms. The coverage is simply excellent. I have been looking for a long time and didn't find in any book. I have got 3 different books but all of them are lacking in data binding internals. This book is an ultimate resource of data binding and data bound controls. Author also shows how to write your own RecordSet type navigation forms to navigate through record by record. Much more internals on data binding .. I love it.

Editor's Review - First Book Written Using VS.NET 2003

1. Write real world Windows and Web data-driven solutions 2. Written based on .NET Framework 1.1, covers every aspect of ADO.NET development 3. Covers most recent versions of ADO.NET data providers including SQL, OLE DB, ODBC, MySQL, Oracle, and XML .NET data providers 4. Teaches you the internals of ADO.NET and how to write your own custom data providers and custom generic data access components 5. Detailed discussion on Windows and Web data-binding and data-bound controls 6. Code written using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 7. Visual Basic .NET sample code available for download 8. Detailed chapters on Object Relation Mapping and ADO.NET

Good one

I will just say a good one to have in your collection. Goes beyond any thing else you see in MSDN and other books.

Excellent Coverage

If you don't have any favorite author, I recommend this book. I am using VS.NET 2003 and wasn't sure if any ADO.NET book is written using VS.NET 2003. Just found this one and got it. Looks pretty good and code works fine. I found excellent coverage on latest additions to ADO.NET API such as ODBC data provider, ORACLE .NET data provider, MYSQL and XML .NET data provider. The author keeps is focus on SQL SERVER but also discusses other databases including EXCEL, ORACLE, MYSQL, XML, ACCESS etc. Overall a good book out there. You won't regret spending your money on this book. Good luck.