Jan 17, 2009

Beginning C# 2008 Databases: From Novice to Professional (Paperback)






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 need--and may ever need--to 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
know--but 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 there--it is
your trusted guide through unfamiliar territory!

Related Titles from Apress:

- Pro T-SQL 2005 Programmer's Guide
- Expert C# 2005 Business Objects
- Foundations of LINQ in C#

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