Press Release
October 17, 2003
"ADO.NET Cookbook": Minimizing Frustration and Maximizing Productivity while Mastering ADO.NET
Sebastopol, CA--"Microsoft finally got it right," says Bill Hamilton,
referring to ADO.NET, the revolutionary technology that he is confident
will rapidly replace all other Microsoft data access technologies. All
.NET developers--particularly those involved with enterprise
development--need to master ADO.NET in order to build applications or
web services that rely on database access. So Hamilton did just that,
and he shares his mastery in the new ADO.NET Cookbook (O'Reilly, US
$44.95) so that developers and designers can dramatically hasten their
own ADO.NET learning curve.
Until .NET came along, Hamilton admits he was unenthused about
Microsoft's development technologies: "They lacked vision and
sophistication. But once I had a chance to do some serious work with
.NET, I was and continue to be interested in learning more." He's not
alone. As people are coming to recognize and appreciate the undeniable
potential of Microsoft .NET, they are also widely adopting ADO.NET. But
while the technology is seen as much less risky than when it was first
introduced, it's no less challenging. Data access is vital to most
enterprise software, and as enterprises move beyond trial projects with
ADO.NET into those that are mission critical, reports Hamilton, the
complexity of the technology becomes all the more apparent--and all the
more daunting.
"This book," Hamilton promises, "presents solutions at a time when
there are more questions than answers."
And he delivers on that promise. Interviewing countless developers,
scouring ADO.NET programming community forums and newsgroups, and
drawing on his own extensive experience as an early adopter of ADO.NET
and an analyst, architect, and lead developer of large distributed
solutions using .NET, Hamilton has encountered--and solved--most every
data access problem imaginable. His "ADO.NET Cookbook" is brimming with
more than 150 tried-and-true recipes--trusted coding solutions to
real-world problems that developers and designers face every day.
But "ADO.NET Cookbook" is much more than a compilation of cut-and-paste
code (the book includes examples written in C# and an appendix to help
programmers migrate C# code to VB.NET). For each problem addressed in
the book, there's a complete solution--a concise, focused code sample
that programmers can insert directly into their applications--as well
as a discussion of how and why it works and any alternatives,
limitations, and other relevant considerations. That means developers
learn while doing; they acquire invaluable and adaptable
problem-solving techniques and skills while easily and efficiently
hurdling their everyday challenges.
An ideal companion to O'Reilly's "ADO.NET in a Nutshell," which is
coauthored by Hamilton, the "ADO.NET Cookbook" caters to ADO.NET
programmers at all levels, from the least seasoned to the most
sophisticated. Straightforward to highly advanced topics are covered,
including:
Connecting to a wide variety of data sources
Writing database-independent code
Working with parameterized queries
Retrieving and managing various types of data
Handling hierarchical data
Using identity and auto-increment columns
Working with XML and web services
Using strongly typed datasets
Performing asynchronous operations
Maintaining database integrity
This comprehensive troubleshooting toolkit gives ADO.NET developers all
the easy-to-find, timesaving solutions, techniques, and practices they
need to minimize frustration and maximize productivity while mastering
ADO.NET.
Additional Resources:
ADO.NET Cookbook
Bill Hamilton
ISBN 0-596-00439-7, 605 pages, $44.95 US, $69.95 CA, 31.95 UK
order@oreilly.com
1-800-998-9938; 1-707-827-7000
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