Chapter 16. Debugging ADO.NET

SO WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT ADO.NET that we need to devote a whole chapter of this book to it? Well that’s what we were thinking when we started to write this chapter. But as we dug deeper under the hood, we really began to realize the importance of this chapter. It all became very clear to us—and by the end of this chapter, it will be clear to you, too.

Let’s first take a look at the differences between the old ADO and the new ADO.NET features. Table 16.1 presents these differences. This should help you identify some of the changes up front.

Table 16.1. Differences Between ADO and ADO.NET
FeatureOld ADONew ADO.NET ...

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