ADO.NET: The Complete Reference [Paperback]

Michael Otey (Author), Denielle Otey (Author)

Book Description

Series: Complete Reference | Publication Date: March 27, 2003

Make the most of your development time and efforts with the only complete desktop reference to the entire ADO.NET framework. This comprehensive resource covers all ADO.NET objects and presents examples for each of the .NET Data Providers--with each example provided in both Visual Basic .NET and C

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From the Back Cover

The Most Comprehensive ADO.NET Resource Available!

Up-to-date with Visual Studio.NET 2003 and the Windows .NET Framework 1.1

Address today's data access issues for Web and distributed applications with help from this thorough resource. Written by noted developers and technology consultants Michael and Denielle Otey, ADO.NET: The Complete Reference is full of real-world examples using data from Oracle, SQL Server, and other databases in a wide range of applications. Learn how to connect to a data source using the .NET Data Providers and update data using a DataSet. Integrate data with XML documents and work with XML Schema. Address ADO and ADO.NET coexistence issues. Edit data, connect to a data source, and submit updates. Whatever your experience level, this expertly written guidebook is your essential one-stop resource for understanding and utilizing ADO.NET.

• Solve application data access problems more effectively
• Get thorough coverage of all ADO.NET objects
• Follow helpful examples provided in both VB.NET and C#
• Establish database connections using the .NET Data Providers
• Sort and filter data in the DataSets using DataViews
• Execute SQL Statements and Stored Procedures using the Command object
• Use the DataReader to retrieve Result Sets
• Create DataSets and Strong Typed DataSets
• Build application interoperability using XML

About the Author

Mike Otey (Portland, OR) is the Senior Technical Editor for SQL Server Magazine and Windows 2000 Magazine. He is also President of TECA, Inc, a software development and consulting firm. Otey is also the author of Osborne's best-selling, SQL Server 2000 Developer's Guide.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1008 pages
• Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill (March 27, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072228989
• ISBN-13: 978-0072228984
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.4 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,709,349 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best ADO.NET book ever, June 30, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: ADO.NET: The Complete Reference (Paperback)

This book has the most complete coverage of ADO.NET I've ever seen! All data providers are included, even Oracle, and the fact that it uses the latest version of the .NET Framework is very helpful.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great aid for Java developers moving to .NET, October 10, 2003

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Raoul Picante "pconte" (Eugene, OR) - See all my reviews

This review is from: ADO.NET: The Complete Reference (Paperback)

As an experienced Java (J2EE) developer and a database consultant, I needed to quickly pick up ADO.NET competency for a client who was going to use both and wanted a database person who understood the two technologies' approach to persistent data (i.e., database access). I also have experience with (pre .NET) Windows development, so I wanted to find concise, clear explanations targeted above the "newbie" level.

This book turned out to be an excellent resource. I blasted across the introductory material on the .NET framework and ADO.NET architecture and dove into the ADO.NET object and method explanations and examples, especially the material relevant to MS SQL Server, which was the DBMS for my project.

The book's organization and many clean code snippets made it very straightforward to have a solid understanding of ADO.NET in short order. More advanced issues will take more time to fully "grok", but I was able to cover the first level well before my client required me to.

4.0 out of 5 stars A great reference, October 24, 2003

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David Noderer (Deerfield Beach, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ADO.NET: The Complete Reference (Paperback)

This is a reference book and does a nice job of putting everything in one place including information for accessing both SQL Server and Oracle.