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Beginning C# 2008 Databases: From Novice to Professional
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Chapter 1: Getting Your Tools
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Assuming only basic knowledge of C# 2008, Beginning C# 2008 Databases teaches
all the fundamentals of database technology and database programming readers
need to quickly become highly proficient database users and application developers.
A comprehensive tutorial on both SQL Server 2005 and ADO.NET 3.0, Beginning
C# 2008 Databases explains and demonstrates how to create database objects and
program against them in both T-SQL and C#. Full of practical, detailed examples,
it’s been fully revised and updated for C# 2008 and offers the most complete,
detailed, and gentle introduction to database technology for all C# programmers
at any level of experience.
• Comprehensively and concisely explains fundamental database concepts and
programming techniques
• Rich in working examples of both T-SQL and C# programs
• Covers all the features most database programming ever requires
What you’ll learn
• How relational databases work and how to use them
• How C# uses ADO.NET to access databases
• How to write stored procedures in T-SQL and call them from C# programs
• How to use XML in database applications
• How to use LINQ to simplify C# database programming
• How to install SQL Server 2005 Express and Visual C# 3.0
• Express and use them to teach yourself database programming by doing it
Who is this book for?
Beginning C# 2008 Databases is for every C# programmer. Database programming
requires relatively little knowledge of C# but a lot of knowledge about relational
database concepts and the database language SQL. This book assumes no prior
database experience and teaches you, always through hands-on examples, how to
create and use relational databases with SQL and how to access them with C#.
Almost every application needs to access a database, and this book teaches all
the fundamentals you needand may ever needto develop professional database applications.
About the Apress Beginning Series
The Beginning series from Apress is the right choice to get the information
you need to land that crucial entry-level job. These books will teach you a
standard and important technology from the ground up because they are explicitly
designed to take you from “novice to professional.” You’ll start
your journey by seeing what you need to knowbut without needless theory and
filler. You’ll build your skill set by learning how to put together real-world
projects step by step. So whether your goal is your next career challenge or
a new learning opportunity, the Beginning series from Apress will take you thereit
is your trusted guide through unfamiliar territory!
About the Author
Vidya Vrat Agarwal holds Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), Microsoft Certified
Solution Developer (MCSD) for Microsoft .NET, Microsoft Certified Application
Developer (MCAD) for .NET, and MCSD certifications and is a life member of the
Computer Society of India (CSI). He started working on .NET with its first beta
release. He is currently a senior subject matter expert at Microsoft for Lionbridge
in Mumbai, India, where he lives with his beloved wife and lovely daughter Vamika
(nicknamed Pearly). Vidya believes that nothing will turn into a reality without
them. Coauthor of Beginning VB 9.0 Databases: From Novice to Professional, he
also writes articles for Programmers Heaven and blogs at http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/
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