Microsoft ADO.NET 2.0 Step by Step

Description:

Your hands-on, step-by-step guide to building applications with ADO.NET 2.0.

Teach yourself the fundamentals of ADO.NET 2.0—one step at a time. With this practical, learn-by-doing tutorial, you get the guidance you need to start creating datacentric applications for Microsoft Windows and the Web.

Discover how to:
•Work in the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 development environment
•Use the ADO.NET 2.0 classes in either Visual Basic or Visual C#
•Connect to and manipulate different data sources: Microsoft SQL Server, XML, OLE DB
•Create ADO.NET objects at either design time or run time
•Use visual design tools
•Sort, filter, and manipulate data
•Build data-bound Windows Forms and Web Forms
•Work with validation controls
•Read and write XML data and schemas

CD features:
•Code samples
•Sample databases