Summary

This chapter covered many of the main aspects of ADO.NET. It explained what managed providers were, which are available, and how to connect to each.

You saw how to database data. Before viewing data, the information to be read must be specified in the form of a command object. The command object is then executed to produce a DataReader. The DataReader object contains functionality necessary for reading database queries.

I also showed how to manipulate database data by performing insert, update, and delete operations on a database. Another section showed how to perform the same types of operations with stored procedures.

The last section showed how to retrieve database information into a DataSet. The DataSet object is a means of holding ...

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