Microsofta ADO.NET (Core Reference) [With CDROM]

by David Sceppa

Microsoft ActiveX(r) 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.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0735614237
• ISBN13: 9780735614239
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Microsoft Press
• Length: 704 Pages
• Weight: 3.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 7.7" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

A must have for any serious developer

I spent almost 8 months struggling with ADO .NET, bought a couple of books and just could't get it done efectively. Thank God for David Sceppa and this wonderful book.From the very first page you start getting what's going on, and how you must get things done, no goofing around, just a very simple explanation of the concept, and then an example in both VB and C#, which is great because I'm thinking of moving away from VB and get into C#.Every single object is clearly explained here, DataSets, DataTables, DataRows, Connections, Commands, DataReaders, DataAdapters, DataViews, and each of them's got all its proerties and methods thouroughly explained.Before reading this book I was builduing an application with ADO .Net and it had the worst, dirtiest code you've ever seen, after reading this book, my code has reduced itself about 60%, and is cleaner, more understandable and it will be much easier to maintain.There just can't be a better book to get up to speed with ADO .Net, it is really a must have.

Can I give it 6 stars?

Ok, I have read a lot of good books on MS tech. I am myself a MCSD/MCDBA/MCSE, and I can tell you, it doesn't get much better than this. Here is why.First of all, I never review without reading a book cover to cover. I read this book cover to cover, and I love the way the author keeps the text anything from dull. I love it the way he puts in small jokes, which still are somewhat pertinent. Secondly, I love it's practical touch. He points out specific problems that I have faced, and this book puts me right in the forefront as far as problems I will only know about, after having worked with ADO.NET hardcore for 2-3 years.Thirdly, it's relevance. Most books start beating around the bush, atleast in certain topics they do. This book picks very pertinent issues, and gives practical explanations including criticisms as and when appropriate.BUY IT. :)

Good book to have.

The book could be the best MS press book i ever got. Of course you can find all the documentations about ADO.NET related classes from msdn, but this book presents the technology in a clear and logical way. Very easy to follow. It covers almost all topics about ADO.NET in reasonable details, coupled with plenty of snippets to practice. First time i read the table of contents of the book i thought it is just another scrach-surface introductory book from MS, turn out to be the author knows the topic well and present it in depth and nicely. I think this book is a must have if you are doing or plan to do .NET development. Afterall how can you develop an application without thinking about database access nowdays. I donot think this book is for beginners, better have some ADO experience to appreciate this book.

They Don't Get Much Better

In the .NET arena, there are a zillion books available. Many are rehashes of the documentation; many aren't worth the paper they're written on. This book isn't one of those. David Sceppa (who turns out to not only be an excellent writer, and a strong public presence on the support newsgroups, but a sincerely nice guy), has written a book that's actually useful. Not only does it include explanations of how ADO.NET fits together, David's book also includes explanations of how and why you should make choices about particular implementation details in your applications. The comfortable tone, the reliability of the information, and the graciousness of the author make this a top pick, from my perspective. (I must confess that I've found a few small details that have changed in the product since the time David wrote the book, and he's been incredibly responsive, when possible, to my correspondence. Not many authors take the time to respond immediately, if at all.) I wish there were more books out there like this one.

Best and newest book on ADO.NET

Very good book. It's very easy to read and understand. The most important thing that I liked was lots of programming hints. The author gives you several techniques to choose from and then explains advantages/disadvantages of using them (like speed, amount of code to write). I was specifically looking for advanced update scenarios, and the book gives a lot explanation on that too (resolving update conflicts, getting autoincrement/timestamp values from the database, updating hirachical data). It's also a good reference for everyday use.