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Summary: A Great Introduction to ADO.NET 2.0
Comment: My college textbook coverage of ADO.NET left me with more questions than answers, so I searched for other resources. I thought I had learned how to read the book reviews on Amazon.com and have used them as a guide for buying in the past. So when I read the review for this book, I initially gave it a pass and purchased "Programming Microsoft ADO.NET 2.0: Core Reference" by David Sceppa. The Core Reference is excellent, but after reading most of it I felt that it was a just a little over my head. What I first needed was a good introduction to ADO.NET.
So, I purchased this book, have read most of it and have worked the tutorials. It has been excellent for my needs. The writing style is clear and thorough, and now I have a much better understanding of how the various components of ADO.NET work together.
I had no trouble installing the code samples; just followed the instructions in the Introduction.
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Summary: ADO.NET 2 in plain english.
Comment: This book is brilliant. I hadn't used VB since ODBC was the way to talk to databases. I found all the ADO.NET 2 stuff bewildering but this book explains it all really well and in plain english. It has helped me to become productive while also helping me understand what what I need to do and why. ADO seems straightforward to me now, thanks to this book. The examples on the CD all worked fine too.
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Summary: Great Books
Comment: Great book! This book actually helped me understand the things I was trying to learn in class.
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Summary: Good book for learning ado.net 2.0
Comment: I can't understand why there are so many negative reviews of this book. I have used the previous version of ado.net and bought this book to help learn what's new in 2.0. I found it to be very easy to understand and thorough. I didn't try to install the samples, so I don't know if there are problems installing them, but as far as the contents of the book, I have no complaints at all and would recommend it to someone moving from version 1.1 to 2.0.
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Summary: A Useful Tool
Comment: I have used the Microsoft Press Step-By-Step series books for years. This book covering ADO 2.0 is one of the better ones. It treats a subject that is complex, particularly given the changes since version 1.0. The author did a good job of dividing the subject matter into logical segments and explaining it in terms understandable to the common soul. I feel it is important to read the 'between' material and not fall into the trap of skipping over these parts to do only the exercises.
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