About The BookYour hands-on, step-by-step guide to building applications with ADO.NET 2.0. Teach yourself the fundamentals of ADO.NET 2.0—one step at a time. With this practical, learn-by-doing tutorial, you get the guidance you need to start creating datacentric applications for Microsoft Windows and the Web.Discover how to:Work in the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 development environmentUse the ADO.NET 2.0 classes in either Visual Basic or Visual C#Connect to and manipulate different data sources: Microsoft SQL Server, XML, OLE DBCreate ADO.NET objects at either design time or run timeUse visual design toolsSort, filter, and manipulate data Build data-bound Windows Forms and Web FormsWork with validation controlsRead and write XML data and schemas CD features:Code samplesSample databases |