Beginning Visual Basic 2005 Databases

As one of the most popular programming languages in the world,Visual Basic continues to expand on the functionality andflexibility of its framework. This book explains how to use VisualBasic 2005 to write efficient database applications that can beused throughout an enterprise. With this teaching tool, you'll learn how to use queries, views,and stored procedures to efficiently access and manipulate datafrom your applications. You'll get a firm grasp on using ADO.NET aswell as OleDb, SQL, and Oracle to access specific databases. Plus,hands-on examples and try-it-out exercises help you put yourreading into practice so that with each chapter, you'll graduallybuild the pieces of a single application. What you will learn from this book * How ADO.NET continues to evolve as a building block foraccessing and manipulating data in relational databases * Ways to encrypt and decrypt data, hash passwords, and furthersecure access to your data * Techniques for accessing your Web Service from both Windows(r)and Web applications * Best practices for using business logic and data accesscomponents to produce report data or update data in your back-enddatabases Who this book is for This book is for developers who want to learn to write databaseapplications and back-end databases, such as Microsoft(r) Access,Microsoft(r) SQL Server, and Oracle(r). Some experience with VisualBasic 2005 is helpful but not required. Wrox Beginning guides are crafted to make learning programminglanguages and technologies easier than you think, providing astructured, tutorial format that will guide you through all thetechniques involved.