Day 8. Understanding .NET Data Providers

Today you begin a new week devoted to learning about the architecture and functionality of .NET Data Providers (referred to simply as providers from here on out). Providers are the second major component of ADO.NET (the DataSet being the first) and serve as the mechanism to communicate with various data stores. Although you had intermittent contact with providers last week, this week you'll explore all facets of providers, not only learning how a provider is architected, but also drilling down into each individual component of a provider and walking through its functionality in detail.

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