Day 13. Working with SQL Server

Because the ComputeBooks database is a SQL Server 2000 database, most of the code you've seen in this book has accessed SQL Server through the SqlClient provider. As a result, you've seen some of the ways in which you can take advantage of the features of SQL Server 2000 in your .NET applications. Today's lesson is designed to go a step further than what you've seen and address issues that are particular to SQL Server when building enterprise applications. To that end, the lesson is split into two parts. The first part deals with database design issues, whereas the second part deals with additional considerations for accessing data. Consequently, if you're not designing for SQL Server or already have a good grasp ...

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