Table of Contents
	ADO .NET Programming
	Aims and Objectives
	Part I - Introduction to ADO .NET
	Chapter 1	-	Growing up from ADO
	Part II - ADO .NET Revealed
	Chapter 2	-	Interacting with Databases
	Chapter 3	-	Data Manipulation
	Chapter 4	-	Designing ADO .NET Applications
	Chapter 5	-	XML Integration with ADO .NET
	Chapter 6	-	Practical ADO .NET Programming (Part One)
	Chapter 7	-	Practical ADO .NET Programming (Part Two)
	Part III - Special Topics
	Chapter 8	-	Migrating ADO Applications
	Chapter 9	-	Manipulating Multidimensional Data
	Part IV - Appendices
	Appendix A	-	The Object-Oriented Features of VB .NET
	Appendix B	-	Database Normalization
	Appendix C	-	Views, Stored Procedures, and Triggers
	Appendix D	-	Advanced SQL Query Techniques
	Index
	About the CD
	List of Figures
	List of Tables
	List of Listings
	CD Content

Aims and Objectives

This book provides a sophisticated reference to ADO .NET solution development using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET. It is aimed at programmers with a working knowledge of the .NET Framework and VB .NET. A beginner’s knowledge of ADO .NET is not necessary, but it will provide an advantage. Much of the ADO .NET functionality is specifically targeted at developers, and the aim of this book is to dive into the advanced topics and various programming opportunities that the product presents .

The book will assume readers have experience and familiarity with the following technologies:

• OLE DB data access technologies

• The .NET Framework

• ADO/ADO .NET

• XML (Extensible Markup Language)

• Visual Studio .NET

The book takes a specifically solutions-oriented approach, demonstrating at all levels how the product can be used to provide timely solutions to real-world problems. Similarly, an emphasis will be placed on the process of solution development using robust examples to teach how concepts are applied in the business world.

Many readers will read the book in sequence, from cover to cover, in order to get up to speed and become familiar with the product as quickly as possible. Others will wish to dip in on individual chapters, even individual sections, effectively using the book as a reference volume. I aim to cater as much as possible to both groups; each chapter has clearly defined content that builds on previously discussed material but does not, in any way, rely on the material that follows it.

The content develops in a consistent, logical manner, which advances the “story” of the book; that is, just as the book as a whole has a direction and purpose, each chapter, even individual sections within a chapter, have a well-defined direction and purpose.