Downloads for
Murach's ADO.NET 3.5, LINQ,
and the Entity Framework with VB 2008
We now have a later edition of this book, Murach's
ADO.NET 4 Database Programming with VB 2010, and it has its own set of downloadable
sample
chapters and applications.
If you're using ADO.NET 3.5, though, please click on the file below that
you want to download.
Chapter 3
How to work with data sources and datasets
Chapter 3 shows how to use ADO.NET data sources and ADO.NET datasets to quickly develop your first database applications.
Chapter 11
An introduction to LINQ
Chapter 11 introduces you to LINQ, a .NET 3.5 feature
that allows you to handle different types of data...from
in-memory data structures (like generic lists and arrays)
to datasets to databases to XML documents...using a
query language that's integrated into VB. In this chapter,
you'll learn the basic skills for using LINQ that apply
no matter what type of data you're working with.
What's in All Book Files?
This file contains (1) all of the applications that
are presented in the book; (2) the starting points for
the exercises in the book; (3) the database and files
that are used by the applications and exercises; and
(4) a batch file that uses a SQL script to install the
database. Appendix A in the book describes how to install
and use these files.
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