Database Access with Visual Basic® .NET (3rd Edition) [Paperback]

Jeffrey P. McManus (Author), Jackie Goldstein (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0672323435 | ISBN-13: 978-0672323430 | Publication Date: February 21, 2003 | Edition: 3

Whether you are using WinForms, WebForms, or Web Services, Database Access with Visual Basic® .NET, Third Edition, is your practical guide to developing database applications with Visual Basic .NET and ADO.NET. The authors provide real-world solutions to the data-access issues Visual Basic .NET developers face every day and share their secrets for becoming a more effective database programmer using .NET technologies.

The book begins by reviewing the fundamentals of database development, Structured Query Language (SQL), and Microsoft SQL Server™ 2000. It then examines how to use the major ADO.NET objects to access data stored in relational databases. Through detailed examples, readers learn how to use properties and methods, as well as more advanced features and techniques. Extensive code listings in Visual Basic .NET illustrate each concept, while business cases apply concepts to real-world applications. The final chapters provide a solid examination of how XML and ASP.NET integrate with ADO.NET to create various types of database applications. A companion Web site provides the code used in the book's myriad examples, all of which is compatible with Visual Basic .NET 2003.

Key topic coverage includes:

SQL queries and commands

Using SQL Server 2000

ADO.NET objects

Advanced ADO.NET features and techniques

SQL Server and OLEDB, as well as ODBC .NET Data Providers

Using Visual Studio .NET Data Projects for managing SQL Scripts

Integrating XML with ADO.NET

Developing Web-based database applications with ASP.NET

Web services and middle-tier objects

Database Access with Visual Basic® .NET, Third Edition, equips VB developers with the knowledge and skills needed to build a powerful new generation of database applications in less time using .NET technologies.

0672323435B01092003

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Database Access with Visual Basic 5 builds on the tradition of other best-selling Ziff-Davis Visual Basic books by Daniel Appleman and Deborah Kurata and provides the best reference available on an important topic for all Visual Basic developers. Provides corporate developers a definitive source of up-to-the-minute information on object-oriented development with databases. Contains functioning code, and a CD-ROM loaded with the most relevant third-party application and ActiveX object solutions developers demand. - Increases productivity with robust, applied object-oriented solutions to real business problems.

- A definitive reference to a task every Visual Basic developer faces

- Covers the most recent developments in Visual Basic 5, including 'Vegas' and the Java Byte Code Compiler. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From the Back Cover

Whether you are using WinForms, WebForms, or Web Services, Database Access with Visual Basic® .NET, Third Edition, is your practical guide to developing database applications with Visual Basic .NET and ADO.NET. The authors provide real-world solutions to the data-access issues Visual Basic .NET developers face every day and share their secrets for becoming a more effective database programmer using .NET technologies.

The book begins by reviewing the fundamentals of database development, Structured Query Language (SQL), and Microsoft SQL Server™ 2000. It then examines how to use the major ADO.NET objects to access data stored in relational databases. Through detailed examples, readers learn how to use properties and methods, as well as more advanced features and techniques. Extensive code listings in Visual Basic .NET illustrate each concept, while business cases apply concepts to real-world applications. The final chapters provide a solid examination of how XML and ASP.NET integrate with ADO.NET to create various types of database applications. A companion Web site provides the code used in the book's myriad examples, all of which is compatible with Visual Basic .NET 2003.

Key topic coverage includes:

SQL queries and commands

Using SQL Server 2000

ADO.NET objects

Advanced ADO.NET features and techniques

SQL Server and OLEDB, as well as ODBC .NET Data Providers

Using Visual Studio .NET Data Projects for managing SQL Scripts

Integrating XML with ADO.NET

Developing Web-based database applications with ASP.NET

Web services and middle-tier objects

Database Access with Visual Basic® .NET, Third Edition, equips VB developers with the knowledge and skills needed to build a powerful new generation of database applications in less time using .NET technologies.

0672323435B01092003

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Product Details

• Paperback: 464 pages
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional; 3 edition (February 21, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672323435
• ISBN-13: 978-0672323430
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,011,932 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One to have, July 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Database Access with Visual Basic 5 (Paperback)

If there is one book that I, as a professional developer recommend that anyone interested in VB, let alone data-access should have, it is this one. The book is extremely well structured, very readable, packed with examples and above all, a true developer handbook. You'll find what you want in here, from SQL and DAO to ADO and OLE. Great bit on class programming too. I know the new edition is out but sometimes you do not always work on the best platforms as a developer. You need a reference - I've got another 3 or 4 for VB and they do not cut it compared to this. If there is a slight detraction, it is the extensive coverage of 3rd party controls...I seldom bother with CD-demos, they're already out of date. However, as important as the book is Jeff's accessibility, he's never failed to answer an E-mail (except when I mentioned Kenneth Copeland) on a technical query and also runs a good web-site.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Praise from a C# coder, June 10, 2003

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Scott Golightly (Orem, UT United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Database Access with Visual Basic® .NET (3rd Edition) (Paperback)

I have been coding in ADO .NET with C# for about a year before I picked up this book. My new project is in VB .NET so I saw this book as a chance to brush up on VB .NET syntax. I found the book easy to read and also found many places where I was introduced to new concepts and easier ways of accessing data than I had discovered on my own. I have recommended this book to several people already and will continue to do so.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great, precise, practical, easy to read, March 1, 2003

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Abdelmalek Kemmou (Morocco) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Database Access with Visual Basic® .NET (3rd Edition) (Paperback)

This book is a good fit for those looking for precise practical information on building datacentric applications with vb .Net
From database design to Xml web services, through SQL queries, ADO .Net, Winforms and web forms, this book is extensive in scope, easy to read, and practical to the end