— William Ryan, KnowDotNet.com Team Member
— James Steele, .NET Consultant, SteeleWire Inc.
Calling all VB .NET programmers and web developers! This highly anticipated book provides thorough instruction for using ADO.NET, supported with numerous relevant code examples and extensive technical information. So whether you're developing web applications using ASP.NET, Windows Forms applications, or XML Web Services, youll become adept at maximizing .NET's data access technology.
Topics include: ADO.NET data architecture; data readers, adapters, and DataSets; safer development with XML Schemas; data relationships; and ADO.NETs built-in support and performance optimization. With such valuable content, youll come to master a solution-oriented approach to ADO.NET.
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A prolific writer on cutting-edge technologies, Fabio Claudio Ferracchiati has contributed to over a dozen books on .NET, C#, Visual Basic, and ASP.NET. He is a .NET MCSD and lives in Milan, Italy. You can read his blog at www.ferracchiati.com.
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Bipin Joshi has been programming since 1995 using a variety of tools and technologies including C, C++, Clipper, FoxPro, VB, COM, and ASP before embracing the .NET platform in 2000. Bipin is the webmaster of two popular web sites: www.dotnetbips.com and www.binaryintellect.net. In addition, he is the coauthor of several well–received .NET 1.1 and .NET 2.0 titles and is a Microsoft MVP with MCT and MCAD certification.
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Sahil Malik has been working as a consultant in Microsoft technology for about 9 years now. He has worked for many top notch clients across the globe including many fortune 100 companies and government organizations within the United States. Malik started programming in a DOS world, moved to Win32 API, Borland C++, MFC, VC++/ATL, VB 6, and eventually to .NET in both VB.NET and C# worlds. He is currently helping architect a highly visible public website using ASP.NET 2.0/SQL Server 2005, and also leads the office of emerging technologies at a prominent government office. Malik frequently speaks at local user groups and conferences. He also co-wrote Pro ADO.NET with VB .NET 1.1 . For his community involvement and contribution, he has also been awarded the Microsoft MVP award.
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Matt Milner is a technical architect for BORN, where he designs and develops .NET applications. He focuses on solving business problems by using Microsoft technologies and is enthusiastic about .NET's capabilities for building enterprise-class applications. In addition to his work with clients, Matt enjoys helping others learn about .NET, which is why he has contributed to several books and articles on .NET, and is an active participant and presenter in his local .NET user group.
Jan D. Narkiewicz is chief technical officer of Software Pronto, Inc. His areas of expertise include Microsoft technologies, Oracle, and DB2. Jan also writes books for Apress and serves as academic coordinator for UC Berkeley Extension’s .NET/Windows program. His clients include E*TRADE, Visa, eBay, and Oracle.
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