Pro ASP.NET for SQL Server: High Performance Data Access for Web Developers

This book explains how to use ASP.NET 2.0 and SQL Server 2005 most efficiently together. It covers all crucial performance issues and illustrates optimal techniques with enterprise-quality development.

Performance is always an issue, and optimizing database access is one of the most daunting performance challenges facing web developers. With Brennan Stehling as your guide, you'll explore the many overlaps of web and database technologies, including configuration, programming, performance tuning, and deployment. You'll learn how to make high-performance database access not just a goal, but a reality.

Brennan Stehling is a consultant in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, who specializes in web, console, and desktop development projects. He's worked with .NET for several years, particularly since the .NET 2.0 Beta 1 release. He blogs regularly on .NET topics at Brennan.offwhite.net/blog. He also develops reusable tools in C# and makes them available to developers at SmallSharpTools.com. In his spare time, Brennan plays Gaelic hurling, an Irish sport that has become popular in Milwaukee over the past 10 years.