You might be able to find this book of ebay still - i was able to - and it
was a pretty good skim thru and cheap too.
Keep in mind this book was written a while ago - so that is prior to vs 2005
and maybe even 2003.
http://www.betav.com/Files/Books/books.htm
"ADO.NET and ADO Examples and Best Practices for VB Programmers, 2nd
Edition"
Otherwise I was pretty pleased with ADO.net by David Sceppa ( Microsoft
Press ) was pretty good.
It touched a bit on ADO, but does a good job explaining ado.net concepts.
-Enough so to confuse me ;-)
Miro