Chapter 8. Establishing External Connections
After completing this chapter, you will be able to:
Understand the components that make up connection strings
Write code that connects to an external data source
Identify the different data providers included in ADO.NET
The first seven chapters of this book demonstrated many ADO.NET features that let you work with data in a fully disconnected way. However, there are very few programs that depend on data created solely within the application itself. Most programs, especially those in a business environment, depend on content stored in a database or other source external to the application. This chapter examines ADO.NET data providers, the connection object, and other related features that make interactions ...
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