The book flows from topic to topic very smoothly and stays on the subject. It is such an easy read.- Trish Middleton, .NET Programmer Thoughts
No matter what programs you develop, there always exists a bottom line: you must know how to access and manipulate data. This book teaches you all the essential data manipulation skills that you will need when you code in C#.
Data can be stored in many places, but large quantities of data that need to be frequently accessed are usually stored in relational databases such as SQL Server. Knowing how this data is structured, and how to access and update it, are therefore the most important programming tasks the professional programmer needs to learn.
As well as teaching you database basics, such as using SQL to communicate with databases, this book provides you with detailed and code-practical techniques to access data in C# across a wide range of specific coding situations. Code-heavy and full of practical detail, this book has been fully revised and upgraded for .NET 1.1 and offers you the best contemporary practice in this core programming area that you'll find yourself using in nearly all your .NET projects.
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.
Scott Allen - Scott Allen has a master's degree in computer science from Shippensburg University. He's a Microsoft Certified Solution Developer. And he regularly serves as an adjunct faculty member at various colleges in Maryland and Pennsylvania.
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 Pederson - Jacob Hammer Pederson 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.
