To Learn More

The following are some suggested supplemental references to further your retraining effort.

Books

ADO.NET and ADO Examples and Best Practices for VB Programmers, 2nd Edition, by William (Bill) Vaughn (Apress, 2002):
     http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=79.
Advanced Transact-SQL for SQL Server 2000, by Itzik Ben-Gan and Dr. Tom Moreau (Apress, 2000):
     http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=72.
Code-Centric: T-SQL Programming with Stored Procedures and Triggers, by Garth Wells (Apress, 2001):
     http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=73.
Database Programming with Visual Basic .NET, by Carsten Thomsen (Apress, 2001):
     http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=21.

Magazines

.NET Magazine:
     http://www.fawcette.com/dotnetmag/
Visual Studio Magazine:
     http://www.fawcette.com/vsm/
XML & Web Services Magazine:
     http://www.fawcette.com/xmlmag/

Web Sites

.NET Architecture Center:
      http://msdn.microsoft.com/architecture/
.NET Data Access Architecture Guide:
     http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnbda/html/daag.asp
About Microsoft Data Engine (MSDE):
     http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/off2000/html/acconAboutMSDE.asp
ADO.NET Primer :
     http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnsql2k/html/sql_adonetprimer.asp
DB2 Universal Database (IBM's database product):
     http://www-3.ibm.com/software/data/db2/udb/features.html
Fujitsu NetCOBOL for .NET:
     http://www.netcobol.com/products/ windows /netcobol.html
Microsoft Application Blocks for .NET:
     http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnbda/html/daab-rm.asp
Microsoft Community (discussion groups, e-newsletters, and so forth):
     http://communities2.microsoft.com/
Microsoft Patterns & Practices:
     http://msdn.microsoft.com/practices/
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Home Page (Microsoft's database product):
     http://www.microsoft.com/sql/default.asp
MSDN:
     http://msdn.microsoft.com
NetCOBOL for .NET QuickStart Tutorial for ADO.NET and XML:
      http://quickstartcobol.eraserver.net/quickstartcobol/howto/
Oracle9 i Database (Oracle's database product):
     http://www.oracle.com/ip/deploy/database/oracle9i/