Practical Database Programming with Visual Basic.NET

The most up-to-date Visual Basic.NET programmingtextbook--covering both fundamentals and advanced-levelprogramming techniques--complete with examples andsolutions
Visual Basic.NET (VB.NET) is an object-oriented computerprogramming language that can be viewed as an evolution of theclassic Visual Basic (VB), which is implemented on the .NETFramework. Microsoft currently supplies two major implementationsof Visual Basic: Microsoft Visual Studio (which is commercialsoftware) and Microsoft Visual Studio Express (which is free ofcharge).
Forgoing the large amounts of programming codes found in mostdatabase programming books, Practical Database Programming withVisual Basic.NET shows students and professionals both how todevelop professional and practical database programs in a VisualBasic.NET environment by using Visual Studio.NET Data Tools andWizards related to ADO.NET 4.0, and how to apply codes that areauto-generated by solely using Wizards. The fully updated SecondEdition:
* Covers both fundamentals and advanced database programmingtechniques
* Introduces three popular database systems with practicalexamples including MS Access, SQL Server 2008, and Oracle
* Features more than fifty sample projects with detailedillustrations and explanations to help students understand keytechniques and programming technologies
* Includes downloadable programming codes and exercisequestions
This book provides undergraduate and graduate students as wellas database programmers and software engineers with the necessarytools to handle the database programming issues in the VisualStudio.NET environment.