Ado.Net Unleashed (Paperback)

-- ADO.NET replaces and vastly improves upon the ADO model. -- Covers accessing data stores other than SQL Server, including Oracle, Sybase, and MySQL. ADO.NET is the latest in Microsoft's universal data access strategy and it is very different from its predecessor: ADO. With that comes the need to learn a new object model and a new way to do things. ADO.NET is geared towards disconnected/distributed scenarios, which is one of the biggest shortcomings of ADO, and as a result, the model has changed drastically. This book is intended to give the most complete reference into programming data access with ADO.NET. It will feature code examples in VB .NET and C#, will explain the architecture of ADO.NET, explain and show examples of how to connect, manipulate, and update data from various data stores such as Oracle, SQL Server, Exchange, etc. There will also be a chapter detailing how developers can create their own custom .NET Data Providers, how to utilize XML with ADO.NET, and how to generate reports using ADO.NET and Crystal Reports. NET.