List of Sidebars

Chapter 1: ADO.NET Basics

For the History Buffs: How ODBC Came to Be

Chapter 2: Data Components in Visual Studio .NET

IDE vs. Manual Coding

Question and Answer

Question and Answer

Question and Answer

Chapter 4: ADO.NET in Connected Environments

Transactions and Concurrency in ADO.NET

Chapter 7: Data Binding and Windows Forms Data-Bound Controls

Question and Answer

Question and Answer

Chapter 18: Object-Relational Mapping in .NET

Paranoid Programming

Death to N-Tier

Chapter 19: Mapped Objects: Performance Considerations and Data Binding

Using Connection Strings

Using a Better Tree Control

Chapter 22: SQL Server and ADO.NET: Notes on Performance

How SQL Server Stores Your Data

Appendix A: Relational Databases: Some Basic Concepts

What Are Deadlocks?

Appendix B: Commonly Used SQL Statements

Understanding SQL Injection