Summary

Chapter 1 - Displaying Data on the Web
byJohn Kauffman, Fabio Claudio Ferracchiatiet al.?
Wrox Press ?2002

In this chapter, we have discussed the advantages and disadvantages of creating data-driven sites, showing that although they can provide a wealth of functionality, there are problems associated with their creation. This was followed by an introduction to data sources, and how they are handled using ADO.NET. The architecture of an application that involves data access was then covered, showing why the separation of data and presentation can provide many benefits to developers. Finally, details about MSDE - the database server we'll use in examples throughout this book - were given, and the product was installed.

Now that the background to the creation of data-driven web sites in .NET has been dealt with, we can move on to finding out the details of each of the technologies, and putting them to use. In the 7 covering the adding, modification, and deletion of records. The rest of the book then makes use of this knowledge of ADO.NET, discussing the creation of components, applications, and stored procedures, and looking at performance issues. We finish with a case study, which pulls all this knowledge together in a practical application.