Best ADO.net book

[Who]

Would anyone like to recommend a book for ADO.net. I am not new to VB6, DAO,
or database development. I am new to VS.net and ADO.net.




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[Guest]

ADO.Net Core Reference by David Sceppa is excellent.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...104-1888513-6720769?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

 

[Rebecca Riordan]

FWIW, I wrote a tutorial, ADO.Net Step by Step, about which people have said
nice things _provided_ you're working with VB (there are so many typos in
the C# code, I fear it would be more confusing than helpful -- not my fault,
but my responsibility).

The reference book I rely on and can recommend wholeheartedly is David
Sceppa's ADO.Net Core Reference. Both are from MS Press.

--
Rebecca Riordan, MVP

Designing Relational Database Systems
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Programming Step by Step
Microsoft ADO.NET Step by Step

http://www.microsoft.com/mspress

Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves,
for they shall never cease to be amused...

 

[William Ryan eMVP]

David Sceppa's ADO.NET core reference and Bill Vaughn's ADO & ADO.NET Best
practices are both MUST HAVES!

If you are coming from ADO, then you'll defintely want both.

I noticed Rebecca mentioned her book. It's a step by step book and to that
end, it's excellent. It's very well written and it's clear and concise.
Since it's a step by step book, it focuses on specific issues and does a
great job at that. As far as a reference guide that gives you the ability
to think through unrelated /previously unseen problems, the first two are
must haves. However I'd also recommend getting Becky's book to get you a
good sample of examples and walk throughs. If you are a beginner, you'll
find it well worth the money.

I've read all three and liked them a lot. I owe Bill and David more than I
can say for the all the problems their work has bailed me out of, and Becky
made learning ADO.NET a lot more fun when I first started.

 

[Greg Low \(MVP\)]

Hi folks,

Wholeheartedaly agree with Bill on this. Only one disappointment I had with
David's book is it extensively uses the OLEDB provider rather than the sql
server one in the examples, else very cool indeed.

HTH,

 

[Rebecca Riordan]

Darling, don't EVER call me Becky....but thanks for your kind words <g>

--
Rebecca Riordan, MVP

Designing Relational Database Systems
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Programming Step by Step
Microsoft ADO.NET Step by Step

http://www.microsoft.com/mspress

Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves,
for they shall never cease to be amused...

 

[William Ryan eMVP]

Sorry about that ;-)

Darling, don't EVER call me Becky....but thanks for your kind words <g>

--
Rebecca Riordan, MVP

Designing Relational Database Systems
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Programming Step by Step
Microsoft ADO.NET Step by Step

http://www.microsoft.com/mspress

Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves,
for they shall never cease to be amused...

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