Professional ADO.NET with VB.NET [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Paul Dickinson (Author), Fabio Claudio Ferracchiati (Author), Kevin Hoffman (Author), Bipin Joshi (Author), Donny Mack (Author), John McTainsh (Author), Matthew Milner (Author), Jan Narkiewicz (Author), Doug Seven (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 2002

ADO.NET is Microsoft's latest data access technology and, as an integral part of the .NET Framework, is far more than just an ADO upgrade. ADO.NET provides an extensive set of .NET classes that facilitate efficient access to data in a large variety of sources, enable sophisticated manipulation and sorting of data, and form an important framework within which to implement inter-application communication.

This book provides a comprehensive guide to using ADO.NET, with plenty of practical code examples and extensive technical information. Whether you're developing web applications using ASP.NET, Windows Forms applications, or XML Web Services, this book will show you how to use .NET's data access technology to maximum effect. Along the way, it looks at:

* Understanding the architecture of the ADO.NET data providers
* Reading and writing data with data readers, data adapters and DataSets
* Making development safer with XML Schemas and strongly typed DataSets
* Defining constraints on and relationships between your data
* Using ADO.NET's built-in support for transactional processing
* Optimizing the performance and security of your ADO.NET applications
* Developing your own data provider for a custom data source

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

If you're already developing applications within the .NET Framework, or you have experience of developing data-driven applications with ADO and wish to make the transition to .NET, then this book is for you. It is aimed at fairly experienced programmers, and is not intended for the hobbyist or the beginner.

This book is an extensive revision of "Professional ADO.NET Programming", which was published in November 2001 (ISBN 1-861005-27-X). It is fully compliant with release version of .NET and contains Visual Basic .NET code.

About the Author

Paul Dickinson graduated unspectacularly and spent several years cutting his software development teeth writing software to control mass spectrometers. His most recent resting place involves developing information management systems for laboratories.

Fabio Claudio Ferracchiati is a software developer and technical writer. He works in Rome for CPI Progetti Spa (cpiprogetti.it) where he develops internet/intranet solutions using Microsoft technologies.

Kevin Hoffman is a software technology junkie who has worked at everything from nationwide UNIX mainframe support to a Software Engineer for one of the most popular e-Commerce websites on the Internet. Recently he has found that he loves to write and teach about programming as much as he loves doing it himself.

Bipin Joshi is a software developer having skills in Microsoft technologies. Currently he works on .NET technologies with Mastek Ltd. He runs a personal website that provides articles, tutorials, and source code on variety of .NET topics.

Donny Mack, MCP, MCSD, Microsoft .NET MVP, is one of the co-founders of [the Dot Net Junkies website] - an education company solely dedicated to ASP.NET and other web-related .NET technologies. Prior to founding [the Dot Net Junkies website] with Doug Seven, Mack worked at Microsoft Corporation as a Visual Interdev/ASP Support Professional.

Starting as a commercial diver, John McTainsh soon got back into coding, developing control systems for underwater robots in C and C++. Since then he has written many control systems and various other application and drivers. He currently works as a team leader developing public safety software for computer aided dispatch systems used by police, fire, and ambulance vehicles.

Matt Milner works as a Technical Architect for BORN in Minneapolis where he designs and builds Microsoft solutions for clients in a variety of industries. Matt's primary focus has been using Windows DNA architecture and he is excited about the move to .NET and all the powerful new features.

Jan D. Narkiewicz is Chief Technical Officer at Software Pronto, Inc. In his spare time Jan is Academic Coordinator for the Windows curriculum at U.C. Berkeley Extension, teaches at U.C. Santa Cruz Extension, and writes for [the ASP Today website].

Doug Seven is the co-creator of [the Dot Net Junkies website], a free online centralized resource website used by developers to learn more about the .NET Framework - specifically ASP.NET. Prior to that, Seven worked as a Technical Lead in the Developer Support group at Microsoft.

Product Details

• Paperback: 624 pages
• Publisher: Peer Information; 1st edition (December 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1861008066
• ISBN-13: 978-1861008060
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 7.2 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,465,378 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I got my first start programming in BASIC on a Commodore Vic-20 that my grandfather repaired. Ever since then, I have been learning everything I can about programming and my current obsession: C# and the .NET Framework 3.0

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars ELABORATE AND CONSTRUCTIVE, January 26, 2003

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This review is from: Professional ADO.NET with VB.NET (Paperback)

This is one book that combined it well! "Professional ADO.NET with VB.NET" is the text to grab, if you are a .NET programmer who wants to learn more about .NET data access technology.
The book has a consistent practical approach to issues. It is full of grounded information, which would ensure that programmers execute their tasks with unflinching confidence.
This book has a result-oriented outlook. Its authoritative analyses of cross-platform programming issues are flawless. All the important classes, (DataSets, DataAdapters, e.t.c.), which constitute ADO.NET received generous attention. However, all these expanded ADO.NET tutorials came at the expense of VB.NET, whose underlying parameters received little attention. Still, this is a valuable book to have.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive Coverage, January 7, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Professional ADO.NET with VB.NET (Paperback)

This book is typical Wrox: it offers a comprehensive coverage of the subject in a very easy to follow fashion. It starts with several chapters covering the core ADO.NET classes - DataReaders, DataAdapters, DataSets. As the ADO.NET DataSet is a class with very rich features, this book discusses each facet of it - from the ADO Recordset-like generic disconnected in-memory data presentation with constraints, relationships to strongly typed DataSet, and finally to the built-in support of XML. The later chapters then introduces advanced features such as web services, SQL Server XML support, Performance, Security, etc.

A minor inconsistency is that some examples in the book use Console Application interface, while most others use Windows Application, perhaps reflecting the fact of this being a multi-author book. But as far as learning ADO.NET is concerned, this is really not a issue.

Oh, if you already owns its predecessor - Professional ADO.NET, which is written with C#, you might want to keep it and skip this one because it's mostly the same contents in different language (VB.NET). But if you haven't got either, it's definitely worth a very close look at this title.