Questions That Should Be Asked More Frequently
Despite what its name implies, ADO.NET bears little resemblance to ADO. Although ADO.NET has classes that allow you to connect to your database, submit queries, and retrieve the results, the object model as a whole is very different from that of ADO. By now, you’ve probably picked up on many of those differences. In the coming chapters, we’ll take a closer look at the main objects in the ADO.NET hierarchy. But before we do, it’s worth addressing some of the questions that developers who are new to ADO.NET are likely to ask.
Q | Why didn’t you mention cursors? |
A | ADO.NET does not support server-side cursors. Future releases might include such functionality. Currently, no object in the ADO.NET hierarchy acts ... |
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