Table of Contents

An introduction to database programming; An introduction to ADO.NET 3.5; How to work with data sources and datasets; How to work with bound controls and parameterised queries; How to use the Dataset Designer; How to work with connections, commands, and data readers; How to work with parameters and stored procedures; How to work with transactions; How to work with object data sources; A complete Payable Entry application; An introduction to LINQ; How to use LINQ to DataSet; How to use LINQ to SQL (part 1); How to use LINQ to SQL (part 2); How to use LINQ data source controls with web applications; How to use LINQ to XML; How to create an Entity Data Model; How to use LINQ to Entities; How to use Entity SQL; How to use Entity data source controls with web applications; Index.

About the Author

Anne Boehm has over 20 years of experience as an enterprise programmer. For the past 7 years, she's specialised in Visual Basic and .NET programming, and she's authored or co-authored books on VB.NET, ADO.NET, and ASP.NET.