Preparing Visual Studio | Npgsql: The .NET Data Provider

Now you're ready to install Npgsql into the Visual Studio development environment. Once you've prepared Visual Studio, the Toolbox window will display a number of Npgsql components that you can add to your own applications. To add the Npgsql components to Visual Studio, open the Data tab (in the Toolbox window), right-click anywhere in the Data Toolbox, and choose Add/Remove Items. When the Customize Toolbox dialog appears, click the Browse button, navigate to the directory that holds Npgsql (DesktopNpgsqlinms), and open Npgsql.dll. Four new components will appear in the Data Toolbox: NpgsqlCommand, NpgsqlCommandBuilder, NpgsqlDataAdapter, and NpgsqlConnection.

Part I: General PostgreSQL Use

Introduction to PostgreSQL and SQL

Working with Data in PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL SQL Syntax and Use

Performance

Part II: Programming with PostgreSQL

Introduction to PostgreSQL Programming

Extending PostgreSQL

PL/pgSQL

The PostgreSQL C APIlibpq

A Simpler C APIlibpgeasy

The New PostgreSQL C++ APIlibpqxx

Embedding SQL Commands in C Programsecpg

Using PostgreSQL from an ODBC Client Application

Using PostgreSQL from a Java Client Application

Using PostgreSQL with Perl

Using PostgreSQL with PHP

Using PostgreSQL with Tcl and Tcl/Tk

Using PostgreSQL with Python

Npgsql: The .NET Data Provider

Other Useful Programming Tools

Part III: PostgreSQL Administration

Introduction to PostgreSQL Administration

PostgreSQL Administration

Internationalization and Localization

Security

Replicating PostgreSQL Data with Slony

Contributed Modules

Index