Microsoft® ADO.NET 2.0 Step by Step Rebecca M. Riordan PDF

Your hands-on, step-by-step guide to building applications with ADO.NET 2.0. Teach yourself the fundamentals of ADO.NET 2.0—one step at a time. With this practical, learn-by-doing tutorial, you get the guidance you need to start creating datacentric applications for Microsoft Windows and the Web.Discover how to: •Work in the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 development environment •Use the ADO.NET 2.0 classes in either Visual Basic or Visual C# •Connect to and manipulate different data sources: Microsoft SQL Server, XML, OLE DB •Create ADO.NET objects at either design time or run time •Use visual design tools •Sort, filter, and manipulate data •Build data-bound Windows Forms and Web Forms •Work with validation controls •Read and write XML data and schemas CD features: •Code samples •Sample databases