Best ADO.net book

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Would anyone like to recommend a book for ADO.net. I am not new to VB6, DAO,
or database development. I am new to VS.net and ADO.net.




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FWIW, I wrote a tutorial, ADO.Net Step by Step, about which people have said
nice things _provided_ you're working with VB (there are so many typos in
the C# code, I fear it would be more confusing than helpful -- not my fault,
but my responsibility).

The reference book I rely on and can recommend wholeheartedly is David
Sceppa's ADO.Net Core Reference. Both are from MS Press.

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Rebecca Riordan, MVP

Designing Relational Database Systems
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Programming Step by Step
Microsoft ADO.NET Step by Step

http://www.microsoft.com/mspress

Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves,
for they shall never cease to be amused...
 
David Sceppa's ADO.NET core reference and Bill Vaughn's ADO & ADO.NET Best
practices are both MUST HAVES!

If you are coming from ADO, then you'll defintely want both.

I noticed Rebecca mentioned her book. It's a step by step book and to that
end, it's excellent. It's very well written and it's clear and concise.
Since it's a step by step book, it focuses on specific issues and does a
great job at that. As far as a reference guide that gives you the ability
to think through unrelated /previously unseen problems, the first two are
must haves. However I'd also recommend getting Becky's book to get you a
good sample of examples and walk throughs. If you are a beginner, you'll
find it well worth the money.

I've read all three and liked them a lot. I owe Bill and David more than I
can say for the all the problems their work has bailed me out of, and Becky
made learning ADO.NET a lot more fun when I first started.
 
Hi folks,

Wholeheartedaly agree with Bill on this. Only one disappointment I had with
David's book is it extensively uses the OLEDB provider rather than the sql
server one in the examples, else very cool indeed.

HTH,
 
Darling, don't EVER call me Becky....but thanks for your kind words <g>

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Rebecca Riordan, MVP

Designing Relational Database Systems
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Programming Step by Step
Microsoft ADO.NET Step by Step

http://www.microsoft.com/mspress

Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves,
for they shall never cease to be amused...
 
Sorry about that ;-)
Rebecca Riordan said:
Darling, don't EVER call me Becky....but thanks for your kind words <g>

--
Rebecca Riordan, MVP

Designing Relational Database Systems
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Programming Step by Step
Microsoft ADO.NET Step by Step

http://www.microsoft.com/mspress

Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves,
for they shall never cease to be amused...

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