Retrieving Data
With a good idea of the new object model, you're ready to take a look at the tools that Visual Studio .NET provides and learn how to use them. First stop, the Server Explorer. If you haven't seen it yet, it has a lot of functionality and use in Visual Studio. This chapter focuses on using it to get some data. Figure 5.3 shows you what the Server Explorer looks like.
Figure 5.3. This is the Server Explorer. If you don't see it anywhere you can click the View menu and choose Server Explorer.
The two sections you'll see are Data Connections and Servers. The Servers section allows you to connect to one or more Windows machines. Typically ...
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