ADO.NET: The Complete Reference

Mike Otey is the senior technical editor for SQL Server Magazine and Windows 2000 Magazine. He is also president of TECA, Inc., a software development and consulting firm. Mike is also the author of Osborne's best-selling SQL Server 2000 Developer's Guide.

Part I: ADO.NET Fundamental Concepts 1: Introduction to ADO.NET 2: Understanding the .NET Framework 3: The ADO.NET Architecture Part II: The ADO.NET Connection Object 4: Data Provider for SQL Server 5: Using the .NET Framework Data Provider for Oracle 6: Using the .NET Framework Data Provider for OLE DB 7: Using the .NET Framework Data Provider for ODBC Part III: The ADO.NET Command Object 8: Using the SqlCommand Object 9: Using the OracleCommand Object 10: Using the OleDbCommand Object 11: Using the OdbcCommand Object Part IV: The ADO.NET DataReader Object 12: Using the SqlDataReader 13: Using the OracleDataReader 14: Using the OleDbDataReader 15: Using the OdbcDataReader Part V: The ADO.NET DataSet Object 16: Building a DataSet 17: Populating the DataSet Using the SqlDataAdapter 18: Populating the DataSet Using the OracleDataAdapter 19: Populating the DataSet Using the OleDbDataAdapter 20: Populating the DataSet Using the OdbcDataAdapter 21: Populating the DataSet Using Multiple Tables and DataAdapters 22: Navigating the DataSet Using Windows Data-Bound Forms Controls 23: Navigating Through the DataSet Using DataViews 24: Navigating Through the DataSet Using DataRelations 25: Updating the Database using the SqlDataAdapter 26: Updating the Database Using the OracleDataAdapter 27: Updating the Database Using the OleDbDataAdapter 28: Updating the Database Using the OdbcDataAdapter 29: Advanced Database Updating Part VI: ADO.NET Data Integration 30: Mapping Data to XML 31: Using ADO from ADO.NET Part VII: Appendixes A: System.Data Namespace Reference B: System.Data.Common Namespace Reference C: System.Data.Odbc Namespace Reference D: System.Data.OleDb Namespace Reference E: System.Data.OracleClient Namespace Reference F: System.Data.SqlClient Namespace Reference