Questions That Should Be Asked More Frequently

You’ve now built a relatively simple application that uses ADO.NET, and you’ve seen some of the power available in the technology. We’ve discussed how some of the major features work by looking at the items and code that Visual Studio added to your form when dragging items from the Data Source window. This chapter is a starting point, but it’s also a teaser. So instead of posing questions that developers might ask and then offering answers, as I do in the "Questions..." section of other chapters, here I will provide some background and reference other areas of the book that provide further information.

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