Prentice Hall PTR's new ADO.NET Programming in Visual Basic .NET -

• The practical guide to database development with VB.NET and ADO.NET

• Includes detailed coverage of XML-based Web services

• Data providers, DataGrids, DataSets, data binding, and much more

• Complete case study application-building a robust ADO.NET data control

Build powerful database apps and Web services fast, with VB.NET and ADO.NET!

With ADO.NET, you can build database-enabled applications and Web services with more speed, flexibility, and power than ever before. ADO.NET Programming in Visual Basic .NET teaches you all you'll need to know to make the most of ADO.NET - whether you're an experienced Visual Basic database programmer or not. The authors' realistic code examples and practical insights illuminate ADO.NET from its foundations to state-of-the-art data binding and application optimization.

Coverage includes -

• Understanding the ADO.NET class libraries

• Utilizing Visual Basic.NET's powerful database programming tools

• Connecting to databases using ADO.NET's wide range of data providers

• Using DataSets to read, store, and process XML data

• Mastering data binding with Windows Forms and ASP.NET Web Forms

• Building data-driven XML-based Web Services and Windows thin client applications

The book concludes with a complete case study application - constructing a .NET version of the powerful ADO data control that VB 6 programmers loved, but isn't included in ADO.NET.

Amazon.com® Reader Reviews (Ranked by Helpfulness)

Average Amazon.com® Rating:  Based on 4 Ratings

Well Written Book - 2003-12-01
Reviewer Rating:
I've gone through only three chapters in this book, but it's already my favorite ADO.NET book. The authors write in an understandable, lucid manner and they don't dumb down the material. They also don't waste time rehashing ADO, DAO, and other (now) legacy technologies. The book is about ADO.NET only and it is obviously written by authors who are truly knowledgable about the material and know how to communicate that knowledge. This is a five star book all the way.

Fair to Mild - 2005-09-29
Reviewer Rating:
I found this book to be quite useful, however the subject matter was derived from an early edition of VB.Net and so found some things difficult to translate. The layout of the book is poor with new major topics starting at the bottom of the page, and the quality of the screenshots is very poor to be unreadable at times. I could not get the demo example to work - but this may be due to version conflicts.

Great book - 2005-07-29
Reviewer Rating:
This book may be tough going if you are new to Visual Basic .NET but it's worth it weight in gold. You'll end up with a better understanding of connection strings, data providers, data adapters, datasets, dataviews, tables, writing and reading XML, and data binding.
Anyone can drag and drop tables onto a form. This book teaches you how to write everything in code in addition to using the drag and drop method.
I'm using the book as the textbook for the ADO.NET programming couse that I'm teaching. Very few mistakes and the sample code compiles without any problems.

Love Holzner but despise this book.... - 2006-02-06
Reviewer Rating:
I was looking for a more indepth look at ADO.NET to connect to databases. I thoroughly enjoyed Holzner's Sam's book ("Teach Yourself Visual Basic.NET in 21 Days"), but this book is awful. First off, it's bound up like a paperback novel, the screen shots barely legible at times. I had to break the binding to get it to cooperate while I worked through the examples.
The content was put together decent but in a strange order. You'd be right in the middle of putting something together and then the authors would cut away to another project. I also found some of the "tone" to be offensive, talking about "real programmers" and what-not. I highly suspect that to be the co-authors voice, Bob Howell, but there's no way to know for sure.
Don't waste your time on this book. Seriously, I'm not just being picky here. I've never thrown a book away before but I'm considering doing that, either that or donating it to my library.

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