ADO.NET 3.5 Cookbook: Building Data-Centric .NET Applications (Cookbooks (O'Reilly))

ADO.NET 3.5 Cookbook: Building Data-Centric .NET Applications (Cookbooks (O'Reilly))

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<div><p>This guide is strikingly different from other books on Microsoft ADO.NET. Rather than load you down with theory, the new edition of <em>ADO.NET 3.5 Cookbook</em> gives you more than 200 coding solutions and best practices for real problems you're likely to face with this technology using Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET 3.5 platform.<br/><br/>Organized to help you find the topic and specific recipe you need quickly and easily, this book is more than just a handy compilation of cut-and-paste C# code. <em>ADO.NET 3.5 Cookbook</em> also offers clear explanations of how and why each code solution works, and warns you of potential pitfalls so you can learn to adapt the book's problem-solving techniques to different situations.<br/><br/>This collection of timesaving recipes covers vital topics including:</p><ul><li>Connecting to data</li><li>Retrieving and managing data</li><li>Transforming and analyzing data</li><li>Modifying data</li><li>Binding data to .NET user interfaces</li><li>Optimizing .NET data access</li><li>Enumerating and maintaining database objects</li><li>Maintaining database integrity</li></ul>Ideal for ADO.NET programmers at all levels, from the relatively inexperienced to the most sophisticated, this new edition covers the significant 3.5 upgrade, including new programming tools such as LINQ. <em>ADO.NET 3.5 Cookbook</em> offers a painless way for those of you who prefer to learn by doing when it comes to expanding your skills and productivity.<br/><br/></div>