ADONET Programmer's Reference Author:Adil Rehan, Dushan Bilbija, Fabio Claudio Ferracchiati, Jeffrey Hasan, John McTanish, Jon Reid, Matthew Milner, Naveen Kohli, Paul Dickinson, Jan Narkiewicz ADO.NET is Microsoft's latest data access technology, and, as an integral component of the .NET framework, is far more than simply an upgrade of an existing technology. ADO.NET is a large set of .NET classes that enable us to interact with data sources, manipulate data, and communicate with other applications and Web Services in entirely new way... more »s. This book provides a wealth of information about the ADO.NET. We describe the features and how to use them, as well as providing advice and explanation that will enable you to use ADO.NET effectively. The code examples are concise, and demonstrate how to use a specific techniques rather than how to build entire applications. This book covers:
An overview of ADO.NET, including differences to ADO and its new class structure
How to access and query databases using ADO.NET
The DataSet, DataReader and DataAdapter objects
How to implement transactions in ADO.NET
XML support
Working with database permissions
Incorporating classic ADO components in .NET applications
Real-world programming tasks using the SQL Client, OLEDB and ODBC providers