Introduction

ADO.NET is Microsoft’s core data access library for .NET developers, and is the heart of many data-centric technologies on the Windows development platform. It works with C#, Visual Basic, and other .NET-enabled languages. If you are a .NET developer looking to interact with database content or other external data sources, then ADO.NET is the right tool for you.

Microsoft ADO.NET 4 Step by Step provides an organized walkthrough of the ADO.NET library and its associated technologies. The text is decidedly introductory; it discusses the basics of each covered system, with examples that provide a great head start on adding data features to your applications. While the book does not provide exhaustive coverage of every ADO.NET feature, ...

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