Applied ADO.NET: Building Data-Driven Solutions [Paperback]

David Talbot (Author), Mahesh Chand (Author)

Book Description

Series: Net Developer | Publication Date: March 18, 2003

Applied ADO.NET: Building Data-Driven Solutions provides extensive coverage of ADO.NET technology, including ADO.NET internals, namespaces, classes, and interfaces. Whereas most books cover only the SQL and OLE DB data providers, authors Mahesh Chand and David Talbot detail the SQL, OLE DB, and ODBC data providers, as well as additions to ADO.NET, the Oracle, MySQL, and XML .NET data providers. Chand and Talbot also cover the internals of data binding and provide detailed coverage of both Windows Forms and Web Forms data binding and data-bound controls. Because XML plays a major role in .NET development, the authors take a comprehensive look at XML namespaces and classes, and how to integrate both with ADO.NET.

The book begins with the basics of ASP.NET and data-bound controls. It then delves into the internals of data binding and shows how to use DataGrid, DataList, and other data-bound controls in real-world applications. Chand and Talbot also discuss the ASP.NET guest book, database XML Web services, and even an online bookstore site development and design process.

The book also covers

 

• How to create a custom data provider
• Event handling
• Server-side programming
• Data relations and constraints
• Active Directory
• Messaging
• Exception and error handling
• The object relational model

Advanced developers will learn from the coverage of ADO.NET architecture, related design issues, and how ADO.NET data providers are designed.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

David Talbot's background is diverse, ranging from developing license-plate recognition technology to television-set boxes to scalable web applications. Currently, David works in the new business technologies group at FreeMarkets, applying cutting-edge .NET technologies to solve business problems. He has been working with .NET since the early betas, developing a number of solutions for a number of start-ups and established companies while working on several .NET books and articles. Prior to the development of .NET, David worked primarily on Java, SCO UNIX, Linux, DB2, SQL Server, and Perl.

Mahesh Chand is a software developer with Kruse. Inc. He has been working with Microsoft database technologies, including ODBC, DAO, ADO, and OLE-DB, for over five years. He has a master's degree in computer science and a bachelor's degree in mathematics, and he's also a Microsoft Certified Professional in VC++. Mahesh is the founder of two websites: C# Corner (http://www.c-sharpcorner.com), one of the largest community sites for .NET developers, and Mindcracker (http://www.mindcracker.com). In addition to his day job, Mahesh writes and programs for C# Corner on C#, VB .NET, ASP .NET, and other .NET technologies, and helps site visitors.

Product Details

• Paperback: 928 pages
• Publisher: Apress (March 18, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590590732
• ISBN-13: 978-1590590737
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,321,021 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Goes further than most books, but too many flaws, May 19, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Applied ADO.NET: Building Data-Driven Solutions (Paperback)

This is not a good first book on ADO.NET but could be useful for someone wanting to learn some advanced techniques and willing to tolerate far too many typos. On the positive side, the typos are of the obvious kind and easy to spot. Unfortunately, they show that very little attention was placed on proof-reading. Also, I found that new concepts were introduced with little of no explanation.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Repetitive, uneven, and full of poor grammar, May 26, 2003

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Greg Nordstrom (Nashville, TN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Applied ADO.NET: Building Data-Driven Solutions (Paperback)

This critique isn't so much about Mssrs. Chand and Talbot as it is about Apress. The quality control used in the publication of this book was atrocious. The book was obviously rushed to print (come on guys, you're new to a market with some tough competition, so use your spell checkers and hire professional proof-readers with experience in technical publications!) The writing style is too conversational and colloquial, reading more like an undergraduate end-of-semester project report than a professional reference text. Properly presented, the approximately 850 pages of information could be reduced to about 600.

That said, there is a lot of good information here. The authors have tackled some tough subjects (the section on creating custom data providers was especially helpful, but their treatment of the currency manager could have been more in-depth). My advise, however, is to wait for the second edition.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy this book, March 15, 2006

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This review is from: Applied ADO.NET: Building Data-Driven Solutions (Paperback)

Don't even try to buy this book at a bargain price like $5. I bought it at BargainBookCo then have to throw it away. I wonder where all those 5 stars raters come from. I love
Apress books but definitely not this one.