VB.NET Database Development: Second Edition

Author: Thomson
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Publish Date: 2004-04-01
Features: This book can be read page by page for in-depth study or used as a reference, as it provides numerous code listings that offer ready-to-use solutions. Through this book, you will learn what disconnected data access is in ADO.NET, how to create various database elements such as tables, constraints, projects, stored procedures, views, and triggers, how to use SQLXML3.0 in SQL Server 2000, and how to integrate message queues into applications using MSMO3.0. By studying this book, you will master both the control of ADO.NET using the Visual Studio .NET IDE and programming. The book introduces how to access databases of various types, such as SQL Server, Active Directory, Exchange Server 2000, and Message Queuing. It guides readers to gain an in-depth understanding of how ADO.NET works and how to use ADO.NET classes. It also explains how to create various database items, such as tables, constraints, stored procedures, views, triggers, etc. The target audience for this book is users who have some familiarity with Visual Studio .NET or Visual Basic, and who are assumed to have basic knowledge of object-oriented programming (OOP), ADO, and database design.