Beginning Visual Basic 2008 Databases teaches you everything you need to know about relational databases, SQL, and ADO.NET 2.0. It gives you a sound start in developing console and Windows database applications. The book also includes chapters on the new SQL Server XML data type and the forthcoming LINQ enhancements to the next version of Visual Basic. In addition to teaching you such basics as using SQL to communicate with databases, this book provides you with detailed, code-practical techniques to access data in VB 2008 across a range of coding situations.

The VB 2008 language is your gateway to the powerful .NET platform. VB combined with Visual Studio gives you the freedom to create your applications faster and with a greater range of tools than any other coding environment. In this book, author Christian Gross will walk you through everything you need to know in order to feel at home in the VB 2008 coding environment. You’ll start creating real applications in the first few pages of Beginning VB 2008 and encounter good design and testing habits in every chapter. You’ll not only learn the language, but also appreciate the mindset of an accomplished developer as you progress through the book.

Practical Database Programming with Visual Basic.NET The most up-to-date Visual Basic.NET programming textbook—covering both fundamentals and advanced-level programming techniques—complete with examples and solutions Visual Basic.NET (VB.NET) is an object-oriented computer programming language that can be viewed as an evolution of the classic Visual Basic (VB), which is implemented on the .NET Framework. Microsoft currently supplies two major implementations of Visual Basic: Microsoft Visual Studio (which is commercial software) and Microsoft Visual Studio Express (which is free of charge). Forgoing the large amounts of programming codes found in most database programming books, Practical Database Programming with Visual Basic.NET shows students and professionals both how to develop professional and practical database programs in a Visual Basic.NET environment by using Visual Studio.NET Data Tools and Wizards related to ADO.NET 4.0, and how to apply codes that are auto-generated by solely using Wizards. The fully updated Second Edition: Covers both fundamentals and advanced database programming techniques Introduces three popular database systems with practical examples including MS Access, SQL Server 2008, and Oracle Features more than fifty sample projects with detailed illustrations and explanations to help students understand key techniques and programming technologies Includes downloadable programming codes and exercise questions This book provides undergraduate and graduate students as well as database programmers and software engineers with the necessary tools to handle the database programming issues in the Visual Studio.NET environment.

* Provides a good foundation for Microsoft Access and Visual Basic database programming * Offers thorough coverage of object-oriented programming, including how to create data handling classes and ActiveX controls for code reusability * Covers DAO, ADO, ASP, and SQL, and demonstrates how to take data mining to the next level

* Written by best selling author Peter Wright, and marks a return to his best form as he writes with a mission again. ‘Beginning VB6’ by Peter Wright sold circa 100k copies, and he followed up with Beginning VB6 Objects which sold circa 30k copies on a more niche topic. * A personal journey with an expert in VB.NET database programming, this is a book that stands out from the crowd. * A complete tutorial involving the reader in all the key areas of VB.NET database programming that they need to progress their skill set in VB.NET. * All the skills are covered that a novice programmer will need to meet the database programming challenges they may meet in their programming career. * 2 months free subscription to ASP.Today for readers of this title.

This book will follow the proven pattern of its previous .NET 2.0 and .NET 1.1 editions, teaching novice users how to use ASP.NET by gradually building their knowledge of the technology up in a pyramidal fashion chapter by chapter. Comprehensively revised for both ASP.NET 3.5 and the new VB 9.0 language this book presents the easiest path to ASP.NET 3.5 mastery. This is one of the first books introducing novices to this important new technology area, and is written specifically in their coding language of preference. The book is written by a proven and award winning .NET author that has been following the technology release cycle since its inception.

What is this book about? Beginning Visual Basic .NET Databases teaches Visual Basic .Net developers the concepts and skills necessary to write VB.Net database applications. This book touches on database design concepts but focuses on using ADO.Net to access and manipulate data in relational databases. While the book covers all data providers in ADO.Net briefly, the primary objective is to focus on using the OleDb provider for accessing Access databases and the SQL provider for accessing SQL Server databases. What does this book cover? Readers learn how to how to use queries, views, and stored procedures to efficiently access and manipulate data from their applications. We provide examples and instruction on accessing data from Windows applications, ASP.Net applications, as well as Web Services. Specific coverage includes the following: ODBC OleDB SQL, Stored Procedures, and Views Creating Queries Building a Data Access Class Selecting and Updating Data Accessing Data in ASP.NET Working with XML Web Services