Beginning VB 2005 Databases: From Novice to Professional (Beginning: From Novice to Professional) (Paperback)

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Beginning Visual Basic 2005 Databases teaches you everything you need to know about relational databases, SQL, and ADO.NET 2.0, giving you a sound start in developing console and Windows database applications. The book also includes chapters on the new SQL Server XML data type and the forthcoming LINQ enhancements to the next version of Visual Basic.

In addition to teaching you database basics like using SQL to communicate with databases, this book provides you with detailed, code-practical techniques to access data in VB 2005 across a range of coding situations. Code-heavy and full of practical detail, this book has been fully revised and upgraded for .NET 2.0 and offers you the best contemporary practice in this core programming area, so that youll find yourself using it in nearly all your .NET projects.

• Provides step-by-step instructions on how to install and configure necessary tools
• Presents all essential SQL query and update concepts and syntax, so you neednt have prior familiarity with relational databases or SQL
• Describes how to use ADO.NET transactions, exceptions, and events
• Covers ADO.NET features for handling XML, text, and binary data within a VB 2005 context
• Explains all concepts through straightforward code examples

About the Author

James Huddleston has worked with computers since 1974, specializing in database design and development since 1980. He has a bachelor's degree in Latin and Greek from the University of Pennsylvania and a juris doctor degree from the University of Pittsburgh. A technical reviewer of dozens of computer books, including Beginning C# Objects: From Concepts to Code, he finds databases an endlessly fascinating area of work and almost as intellectually rewarding as his hobby: translating Homer's "Iliad" and "Odyssey" from the original Greek.

Ranga Raghuram has a bachelor's degree in engineering from Birla Institute of Technology and Science in Pilani, India, and a master's degree from Virginia Tech in Virginia.

Scott Allen has a master's degree in computer science from Shippensburg University. He's a Microsoft Certified Solution Developer. And he regularly serves as an adjunct faculty member at various colleges in Maryland and Pennsylvania.

Syed Fahad Gilani has more than 15 years of experience in computing. He sold his first program at the age of ten.

Jacob Hammer Pedersen started programming in the early 1990s, moving gradually from Pascal to C++ to Visual Basic. In the summer of 2000, he discovered C# and has explored it happily ever since.

Jon Reid was editor for the C++ and Object Query Language components of the Object Data Management Group standard, and has co-authored several C# books.

Product Details

• Paperback: 491 pages
• Publisher: Apress (February 20, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590598105
• ISBN-13: 978-1590598108
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #553,428 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding Intro to Using VB.NET with SQL Server, June 17, 2008

By	Clyde LeBonz (PORTLAND, OR United States) - See all my reviews

This really is an outstanding book. My background? Years of C and VB development, but no .NET; then tons of SQL Server 2000/2005 work (am MCITP, MCT in SQL Server).

I specifically wanted a jump-start on accessing SQL 2005 databases from VB.NET, and this book does it. The same method is used throughout the book: (1) briefly explain a topic; (2) write some code to illustrate its usage; (3) explain salient points in the code. The examples are extremely short & simple. Each stands alone and illustrates a specific point about .NET or SQL 2005. The authors do not, as some do, create huge coding projects in which learning points are too easily lost. And, not a trivial point, each example works!

If you are a SQL Server professional, you can skip or quickly flip thru some sections that focus on T-SQL, but if you are already a .NET developer you probably won't want to skip anything, because virtually every code sample deals with database access.

Excellent, excellent book.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best for beginners and intermediate in VB.Net05 Databases, February 27, 2008

By	Raul Cervera Paniagua "Raul Cervera P." (Qroo,Mexico) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

It's the Best for Beginners and intermediate in VB.net05 Databases,I have read several Books previously and I Couldn't Understand well ,From Beginning to The end This Book explain step By Step all you Need For starting Programming in Databases using VB.Net 2005 and gives you a guide of Books to continue the next grade.

2.0 out of 5 stars Good for infomation, but not examples., November 2, 2009

By	Michael Flynn - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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I purchased this book from Amazon to help with the transition from VB 6 to VB 2005.
It's an OK book but all the code examples are written for the console, I.E. Command line.
I was looking for examples using Visual compaonets tied to data fields.

I guess some may get more out of it espcially if your needing to run database commands
in the background via the console device out of sight of the user.