Literature advice

[Brian Scott]

Hi,

I've been developing in ADO.Net for around 2 years now and all taught via
internet tutorials and hands on testing. I wanted to know if anyone could
recommend a good book that provides an excellent overview of ADO.Net on
issues such as Dataset transactions and concurrency. Also of importance is
replication on the compact framework. I would also prefer it if the book was
geared towards readers who alread have experience of ADO.Net and are looking
to further enhance those skills.

If anyone could drop me a few book titles that they have found useful and
why I would really appreciate it.

Regards,

Brian Scott.

 

[Mark Rae]

If anyone could drop me a few book titles that they have found useful and
why I would really appreciate it.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos...8-3/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i3_xgl/026-0608462-4222024

 

[Brian Scott]

Mark, thanks for the reference but from the customer reviews it seems pretty
lightweight on the updating issues which is what I am keen to further
develop at this stage. I am very familiar with the ADO.Net api and the
gathering / manipulation of datasets etc. What I want now is a book which
takes a few case studies and highlights the pros and cons of different
approaches such as connected / disconnected approaches and using Datasets in
a transactional environment.

Any sugggestions?

 

[Mark Rae]

Mark, thanks for the reference but from the customer reviews it seems
pretty
lightweight on the updating issues

I would disagree...

Any sugggestions?

Nope - it's pretty much the only ADO.NET reference I use, other than this
newsgroup and Google...

 

[Brian Scott]

Mark,

Does it cover transactional programming within the confines of a dataset?

Is there discussions on when disconnected / connected approaches are more
appropriate?

Does it mention anything about SQL Server push / pull and replication

If it covers a few of these points i'd definetly be interested. Thanks.

 

[Mark Rae]

Does it cover transactional programming within the confines of a dataset?
Yes.

Is there discussions on when disconnected / connected approaches are more
appropriate?

You mean SqlDataReader vs DataSet / DataAdapter? If so, then yes it does.

Does it mention anything about SQL Server push / pull and replication

Not sure... Isn't that more part of SQL Server itself rather than
ADO.NET...?