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  • By James Huddleston , Ranga Raghuram , Syed Fahad Gilani , Jacob Hammer Pedersen , Jon Reid
  • ISBN13: 978-1-59059-777-4
  • ISBN10: 1-59059-777-X
  • 528 pp.
  • Published Dec 2006
  • eBook Price: $27.99
  • Price: $39.99

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Beginning C# 2005 Databases: From Novice to Professional

Beginning C# 2005 Databases: From Novice to Professional teaches you everything you need to know about relational databases, the SQL database language, and ADO.NET 2.0. Youll also get a sound start in developing console, Windows Forms, ASP.NET, and even XML database applications.

This book also teaches you database basics and how to use SQL to communicate with databases. Youll get detailed and code-practical techniques to access data in C# across a wide range of specific coding situations. Fully revised and upgraded for .NET 2.0, this book offers you the best contemporary practice in this core programming area, and youll find yourself using it in nearly all your .NET projects. This book systematically

  • Provides step-by-step instructions on installing and configuring Visual C# and SQL Server Express editions
  • Presents all essential SQL query and update concepts and syntax, so you dont need prior familiarity with relational databases or SQL
  • Describes how to use ADO.NET transactions, exceptions, and events
  • Covers ADO.NET features for handling XML, text, and binary data
  • Explains all concepts through straightforward code examples

Author Information

James Huddleston

James Huddleston has worked with computers since 1974, specializing in database design and development since 1980. He has a bachelor's degree in Latin and Greek from the University of Pennsylvania and a juris doctor degree from the University of Pittsburgh. A technical reviewer of dozens of computer books, including Beginning C# Objects: From Concepts to Code, he finds databases an endlessly fascinating area of work and almost as intellectually rewarding as his hobby: translating Homer's "Iliad" and "Odyssey" from the original Greek.

Ranga Raghuram

Ranga Raghuram has a bachelor's degree in engineering from Birla Institute of Technology and Science in Pilani, India, and a master's degree from Virginia Tech in Virginia.

Syed Fahad Gilani

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

Jacob Hammer Pedersen

Jacob Hammer Pedersen started programming in the early 1990s, moving gradually from Pascal to C++ to Visual Basic. In the summer of 2000, he discovered C# and has explored it happily ever since.

Jon Reid

Jon Reid was editor for the C++ and Object Query Language components of the Object Data Management Group standard, and has co-authored several C# books.