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Microsoft ADO.NET 4 Step by Step
- By Tim Patrick
- Published Oct 25, 2010 by Microsoft Press. Part of the Step by Step Developer series.
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Description
- Copyright 2011
- Dimensions: 7-3/8" x 9"
- Edition: 1st
- eBook
- ISBN-10: 0-7356-5618-5
- ISBN-13: 978-0-7356-5618-5
Teach yourself the fundamentals of ADO.NET 4 -- one step at a time. With this practical, learn-by-doing tutorial, you get the clear guidance and hands-on examples you need to start creating datacentric applications for Windows and the Web.
Discover how to:
- Connect to external data sources, including databases and other data formats
- Use ADO.NET Entity Framework to interact with underlying data stores
- Build Entity Framework models with graphical design tools in Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
- Analyze information stored in ADO.NET with various LINQ providers
- Bind data directly to Windows Forms and Web Forms to drive information to users
- Manage disconnected or standalone data and information
- Go beyond the core functionality of ADO.NET to manipulate data in more advanced ways
Your step by step digital content includes:
- Practice exercises
- Fully searchable online edition of this book -- with unlimited access on the Web
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Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I: Getting to Know ADO.NET
- Chapter 1: Introducing ADO.NET 4
- Chapter 2: Building Tables of Data
- Chapter 3: Storing Data in Memory
- Chapter 4: Accessing the Right Data Values
- Chapter 5: Bringing Related Data Together
- Chapter 6: Turning Data into Information
- Chapter 7: Saving and Restoring Data
- Part II: Connecting to External Data Sources
- Chapter 8: Establishing External Connections
- Chapter 9: Querying Databases
- Chapter 10: Adding Standards to Queries
- Chapter 11: Making External Data Available Locally
- Chapter 12: Guaranteeing Data Integrity
- Part III: Entity Framework
- Chapter 13: Introducing the Entity Framework
- Chapter 14: Visualizing Data Models
- Chapter 15: Querying Data in the Framework
- Chapter 16: Understanding Entities Through Objects
- Part IV: LINQ
- Chapter 17: Introducing LINQ
- Chapter 18: Using LINQ to DataSet
- Chapter 19: Using LINQ to Entities
- Chapter 20: Using LINQ to SQL
- Part V: Presenting Data to the World
- Chapter 21: Binding Data with ADO.NET
- Chapter 22: Providing RESTful Services with WCF Data Services