Sams Teach Yourself ADO.NET in 24 Hours

Sams Teach Yourself ADO.NET in 24 Hours

In 24 easy lessons, learn the new object model to retrieve and work with data from multiple data sources. .NET developers have to learn the new data access model in order to fully utilize the benefits offered by the .NET Framework. Teaches developers to work with different types of data sources and how to integrate them into dynamic data driven applications. Gain a thorough understanding of Datasets and how they make sharing data with various platforms possible through the use of XML. ADO.NET is the data access model built into the .NET Framework. It replaces the old (and largely successful) ADO used in almost all Visual Basic and ASP applications built over the last few years. ADO.NET enables an application to communicate with any OLE database source (including Oracle, Sybase, Microsoft Access, even text files). This book will present ADO.NET in a simple, easy to learn manner filled with many code examples and exercises. A reader with no previous knowledge of ADO.NET should be able to read this book and have a functional knowledge of the new object model allowing them to retrieve and work with data from multiple data sources. Jason Lefebvre is cofounder and Vice President of Intensity Software Inc., and has been working in the field of software development for more than five years. His latest achievements in the software industry include the work he did on IBuySpy, the premiere demo application showcasing the features of ASP.NET. Jason has also written articles for Visual C Developer's Journal. His latest book, Pure ASP.NET, coauthored with Robert Lair, is a premium code-intensive reference for the Microsoft .NET Framework.