Ado.net 3.5 Cookbook, 2nd Edition

Building Data-Centric .NET Applications
Updated for .NET 3.5, LINQ, and SQL Server 2008

This guide is strikingly different from other books on Microsoft ADO.NET. Rather than loading you down with theory, the new edition of ADO.NET 3.5 Cookbook 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.

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. ADO.NET 3.5 Cookbook 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. This collection of timesaving recipes covers vital topics including:

• Connecting to data
  
• Retrieving and managing data
  
• Transforming and analyzing data
  
• Modifying data
  
• Binding data to .NET user interfaces
  
• Optimizing .NET data access
  
• Enumerating and maintaining database objects
  
• Maintaining database integrity

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. ADO.NET 3.5 Cookbook offers a painless way for those of you who prefer to learn by doing when it comes to expanding your skills and productivity.

About the Author
Bill Hamilton is a technology and management consultant who specializes in assessing business objectives and company processes and designing and restructuring technology strategy and enterprise architecture. Bill has been designing, developing, and implementing enterprise solutions for 15 years using both Microsoft and J2EE technologies. Bill is the author of O'Reilly titles including the highly praised Programming SQL Server 2005 and ADO.NET Cookbook, and also writes for Microsoft Developer Network.