3.13. Where Are We?

You've covered the connection-oriented data provider model in detail and examined the two data providers—System.Data.SqlClient and System.Data.OleDb—that are part of the runtime. Next, you'll look at the relational DataSet class used as a disconnected data store.

In Chapter 8 you'll examine writing your own custom data provider and using custom (unsupported) OLE DB providers with the OleDb data provider.

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