Demonstrates SQL Server 2000's advanced features, including updating databases and retrieving data with XML documents and working with XML schemas and update grams. (view table of contents)

Product Description: 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 ways...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Explains how to access, display, and manipulate data using C# code and ADO.NET classes, and discusses database theory. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Visual Studio is the only suitable environment for professional development of .NET 1.1, and it is just about the only choice for developers in Microsoft technology. It is a complex and feature-rich vehicle mainly for C#, VB .NET, and web development, and drawing out its full potential can be a challenge for novice and professional programmers alike...read more

Product Description: No matter what programs you develop, there always exists a bottom line: you must know how to access and manipulate data. This book teaches you all the essential data manipulation skills that you will need when you code in C#. Data can be stored in many places, but large quantities of data that need to be frequently accessed are usually stored in relational databases such as SQL Server...read more

Provides information on database applications using C#, covering such topics as SQL, ADO.NET architecture, data readers, datasets, queries, transactions, and XML.

Presents information on relational databases for VB programmers, covering such topics as SQL, ADO.NET, data readers, data binding, queries, and exceptions.

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