Exposing Data Through a Web Service

To expose data retrieved using ADO.NET with an XML Web Service, you can rely on the deep integration of Web services standards with the .NET Framework and VS .NET. This integration, coupled with the XML integration already present in ADO.NET, enables developers to expose ADO.NET through a Web service as simply as exposing it through any data access class.

The remainder of this section will provide a short overview of XML Web Services technology, followed by the steps you need to implement to use Web services with ADO.NET.

XML Web Services Technology

Simply put, an XML Web Service provides a programmatic interface ...

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