Microsoft ADO.NET 4 Step by Step

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

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

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