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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 005.276 EAN: 9781590595121 ISBN: 1590595122 Label: Apress Manufacturer: Apress Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 584 Publication Date: September 19, 2005 Publisher: Apress Studio: Apress Accessories:
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— Bill Ryan, Bill's House O Insomnia Pro ADO.NET 2.0 is a guide and reference for.NET developers who are looking to further their understanding of ADO.NET 2.0. This book takes a new approach, focusing on the practical tasks like connecting to the database, retrieving data, and working with transactions, rather than rehashing much of the MSDN documentation. Pro ADO.NET 2.0 offers the deep and much needed practical understanding, viewpoint, and knowledge developers are looking for. This book explains what is available in ADO.NET by associating it with the need to solve a practical problem and better architect an application, rather than mugging up the hundreds of classes and properties available in the framework. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Sample Source CodesThe book is good and subject is good. Just word of warning for you that is using the codes in the books in C#. If you are using the new SQLExpress 2005, please note for specifying the connection in your datasource: Example: From author-->"Data Source=(local);Initial Catalog=Test;Integrated Security=True" Doesn't work for me!!! Solution: "Data Source=(local)\\SqlExpress;Initial Catalog=Test;Integrated Security=True" Why "\\" instead ... Read More Rating:  - Excellent coverage of ADO.NET 2.0, good examplesThis was the first book I purchased covering ADO.NET 2.0, and I'm very glad it was. I am an experienced .NET developer, so I was looking for something that was intelligently written, with good real-world example code snippets that can be plugged directly into apps. Any good programmer tends to develop a consistent pattern of code for a particular task, so I personally like books that are written by such a developer who has worked with the technology long enough to have developed ... Read More Rating:  - Too many unnecessary analogyNot intended for "Pro". Analogies used made this very, very slow and boring. Highly technical terms used were unnecessary and repetitive w/c makes this book can loose the momentum of the reader to focus more on the topics. Not Recommended even with beginners. Rating:  - Some Critical Data MissingPerhaps I expected too much from this book. There are three long chapters (166 pages) on updating the data base. What is missing is information and examples on handling the inevitable errors that can occur. Too much time is spent on inept ways developers approach design and not enough time on making a good approach (timestamp) robust by defining appropriate error handling methodology. I typically reuse good examples in my code but I have not found a single routine that I can put into production code. ... Read More Rating: - Really good bookThis is truly the only book you will need to understand ADO.NET. It's not a reference, but that's what we have online help for. 
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