Beginning C# 2008 Databases From Novice to Professional

Assuming only basic knowledge of C# 2008, Beginning C# 2008 Databases teaches all the fundamentals of database technology and database programming readers need to quickly become highly proficient database users and application developers.

A comprehensive tutorial on both SQL Server 2005 and ADO.NET 3.0, Beginning C# 2008 Databases explains and demonstrates how to create database objects and program against them in both T–SQL and C#. Full of practical, detailed examples, it's been fully revised and updated for C# 2008 and offers the most complete, detailed, and gentle introduction to database technology for all C# programmers at any level of experience.

• Comprehensively and concisely explains fundamental database concepts and programming techniques
• Rich in working examples of both T–SQL and C# programs
• Covers all the features most database programming ever requires

Getting Your Tools.- Getting to Know Your Tools.- Getting to Know Relational Databases.- Writing Database Queries.- Manipulating Database Data.- Using Stored Procedures.- Using XML.- Understanding Transactions.- Getting to Know ADO.NET.- Making Connections.- Executing Commands.- Using Data Readers.- Using Datasets and Data Adapters.- Building Windows Forms Applications.- Building ASP.NET Applications.- Handling Exceptions.- Working with Events.- Working with Text and Binary Data.- Using LINQ.- Using ADO.NET 3.5.

Syed Fahad Gilani has more than 15 years of experience in computing. He sold his first program at the age of 10.