Professional ADO.NET with VB.NET - Paul Dickinson

ADO.NET is Microsoft's data access technology and, as an integral part of the .NET Framework, is far more than simply an upgrade of previous incarnations of ADO. ADO.NET provides an extensive set of .NET classes that facilitate efficient access to data from a large variety of sources, enable sophisticated manipulation and sorting of data, and form an important framework within which to implement inter-application communication and XML Web Services.;This title provides a comprehensive guide to using ADO.NET, with plenty of practical code examples, extensive technical information, and a detailed case study. Those developing web applications using ASP.NET, Windows Forms applications, or XML Web Services should find out how to utilize .NET's data access technology to maximum effect.;The book covers: ADO.NET and the .NET Framework; using the .NET Data Providers to create connections and execute commands; using the DataSet to manipulate data; ADO.NET and XML; using COM interoperability; and performance and security issues.