Beginning VB .NET 1.1 Databases: From Novice to Professional [Paperback]

Dan Maharry (Author)

Book Description

Series: Novice to Professional | Publication Date: December 2004

This is a book for beginning and intermediate VB.NET students who want to learn the core of VB.NET: database programming, and they want to learn by going on a journey with Peter Wright at the height of his powers.

Using the same iconoclastic drive that launched Peter Wright to a best selling author with his ‘Beginning VB6’ book from Wrox, Peter is back in business with a return to his best form. There are an array of VB.NET database books on the market, but Peter offers more than just a technical walkthrough: he takes the reader through a personal journey to expertise in VB.NET database programming.

Following the classical formula of a fast-paced tutorial, and the classical formula of mythological legend, this is a programming book that will stand out from the crowd in this busy space.

VB.NET is a powerful programming .NET programming language that is often considered the ‘workhorse’ of programming – and database programming in VB.NET accounts for a huge amount of the total programming effort taking place today. To understand VB.NET, and VB.NET database programming, is to be able to meet the every-day challenges faced in most programming projects today. Peter Wright enlivens this ‘workhorse’ topic with his own special style to bring learner and student programmers where they need to be on their way to expertise in today’s VB.NET programming jobs.

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About the Author

Dan Maharry is a writer and developer based in Birmingham, United Kingdom, where he lives with his fiancée, Jane. He has worked on more than forty technical books since 1997 and co-written ten books, including Beginning ASP.NET 1.1 with Visual C# .NET and Beginning ASP.NET 1.1 Databases. When not writing, he works as a developer and manager for the .Coop Domain Registry. Outside of work, Dan is an avid filmmaker, and recently blew up a car in the name of cinema. He'd like to do it again.

Product Details

• Paperback: 632 pages
• Publisher: A-Press; 1 edition (December 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590593588
• ISBN-13: 978-1590593585
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,429,367 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #92 in Books > Computers & Technology > Databases > Beginning & Introductory

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars focus on VB to ADO to databases, April 1, 2005

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W Boudville (Terra, Sol 3) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beginning VB .NET 1.1 Databases: From Novice to Professional (Paperback)

The book is somewhat of a sister to a recent "Beginning ASP.NET 1.1 Databases", with that book's author being one of the authors of this text. There is little here on the elementary, standalone syntax and usages of VB.NET 1.1. That is adequately covered elsewhere. The emphasis is on hooking to databases. Where these are SQL-based, in most practical cases. The text gives much detail about constructing in VB the various SQL commands to be sent to the database server, as queries or statements. And, of course, to parse the results into something meaningful under VB.

You are also offered more. Standing between your VB application and the database is ADO. Microsoft has devices the latter as a uniform front end to different databases, to simplify access. Well worth knowing.

Now if your application also involves a web UI, then you can refer to a section on integrating VB with ASP for making those web pages. For completeness, it was added to the book. Though keep in mind that this ASP section is a less crucial part of the text, compared to learning about ADO.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive walkthrough, May 11, 2005

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Jack D. Herrington "engineer and author" (Silicon Valley, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beginning VB .NET 1.1 Databases: From Novice to Professional (Paperback)

This is a well thought out and written walkthough of database access in VB.NET. There are a lot of screenshots and graphics, but it works well for the methodical prose that guides you through, what on it's face seems simple but can get complex as you go to professional grade database applications.

It starts with an introduction to the the complete system, then goes into user interface work, database design, queries, transactions, and finally advanced topics.

As the title implies this is a book for beginners. There isn't enough advanced material in here for professional developers, and the pace of the book is too slow for those readers. But if you are just getting started, and VB.NET is your database weapon of choice, then this could be a great book for you.

2.0 out of 5 stars Plenty of theory, few VB examples, February 16, 2006

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This review is from: Beginning VB .NET 1.1 Databases: From Novice to Professional (Paperback)

I purchased this book with the hope of finding useful snippets of VB code for reading and writing to databases. Unfortunately, while there is plenty of discussion on the SQL foundations for working with databases, there is little help here for beginners using the "dive right in" approach.