Professional ADO.NET with VB.NET

ADO.NET is Microsoft's latest data access technology and, as an integral part of the .NET Framework, is far more than just an ADO upgrade. ADO.NET provides an extensive set of .NET classes that facilitate efficient access to data in a large variety of sources, enable sophisticated manipulation and sorting of data, and form an important framework within which to implement inter-application communication.

This book provides a comprehensive guide to using ADO.NET, with plenty of practical code examples and extensive technical information. Whether you're developing web applications using ASP.NET, Windows Forms applications, or XML Web Services, this book will show you how to use .NET's data access technology to maximum effect. Along the way, it looks at:

* Understanding the architecture of the ADO.NET data providers
* Reading and writing data with data readers, data adapters and DataSets
* Making development safer with XML Schemas and strongly typed DataSets
* Defining constraints on and relationships between your data
* Using ADO.NET's built-in support for transactional processing
* Optimizing the performance and security of your ADO.NET applications
* Developing your own data provider for a custom data source

Paul Dickinson graduated unspectacularly and spent several years cutting his software development teeth writing software to control mass spectrometers. His most recent resting place involves developing information management systems for laboratories.

Fabio Claudio Ferracchiati is a software developer and technical writer. He works in Rome for CPI Progetti Spa (cpiprogetti.it) where he develops internet/intranet solutions using Microsoft technologies.

Kevin Hoffman is a software technology junkie who has worked at everything from nationwide UNIX mainframe support to a Software Engineer for one of the most popular e-Commerce websites on the Internet. Recently he has found that he loves to write and teach about programming as much as he loves doing it himself.

Bipin Joshi is a software developer having skills in Microsoft technologies. Currently he works on .NET technologies with Mastek Ltd. He runs a personal website that provides articles, tutorials, and source code on variety of .NET topics.

Donny Mack, MCP, MCSD, Microsoft .NET MVP, is one of the co-founders of [the Dot Net Junkies website] - an education company solely dedicated to ASP.NET and other web-related .NET technologies. Prior to founding [the Dot Net Junkies website] with Doug Seven, Mack worked at Microsoft Corporation as a Visual Interdev/ASP Support Professional.

Starting as a commercial diver, John McTainsh soon got back into coding, developing control systems for underwater robots in C and C++. Since then he has written many control systems and various other application and drivers. He currently works as a team leader developing public safety software for computer aided dispatch systems used by police, fire, and ambulance vehicles.

Matt Milner works as a Technical Architect for BORN in Minneapolis where he designs and builds Microsoft solutions for clients in a variety of industries. Matt's primary focus has been using Windows DNA architecture and he is excited about the move to .NET and all the powerful new features.

Jan D. Narkiewicz is Chief Technical Officer at Software Pronto, Inc. In his spare time Jan is Academic Coordinator for the Windows curriculum at U.C. Berkeley Extension, teaches at U.C. Santa Cruz Extension, and writes for [the ASP Today website].

Doug Seven is the co-creator of [the Dot Net Junkies website], a free online centralized resource website used by developers to learn more about the .NET Framework - specifically ASP.NET. Prior to that, Seven worked as a Technical Lead in the Developer Support group at Microsoft.