Who this book is for
This book was written for the .NET 1.x version of the .NET Framework. If you're working with .NET 2.0, please see Murach’s ADO.NET Database Programming with VB 2005.
If you are working with .NET 1.x and you’re new to ADO.NET database programming,
this book will get you going faster and better than
any other book on the market. If you already have some
database programming experience, this book lets you
learn new skills whenever you have a few minutes. And
new or experienced, this is the ideal reference for
ADO.NET 1.x programming because no one can remember the
countless details that are required.
What background do you need for using this book? If you have basic Visual Basic programming skills, the kind you should get from any beginning book, you’re ready for this book. Unfortunately, too many beginning books trivialize VB programming, so you don’t always gain the real-world skills you need.
So if you don’t yet know all the basics, we’d like to recommend our core VB book for .NET 1.x, Murach’s Beginning Visual Basic .NET (2002/2003 edition). It will quickly get you up-to-speed in VB, and it’s a terrific reference book to use whenever you need to refresh your VB skills.
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