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Summary: Good quality, excellent coverage
Review: Not too much to say, except that this book is an excellent reference to ado.net and sqlxml. this book is worth every dime i paid for it, and i'm using it on a daily basis. much better than the msdn.
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Summary: Great overall db coverage
Review: One book that covers almost all the db engines and data stores I work with. This book has it all and I really like the inclusion of sqlxml which is a must these days if you work with sql server 2000 and xml across the internet. I found that the tables in the appendixes are great references and I use them a few times a week as I find they're better than the msdn help topics.
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Summary: Good detailed and easy-to-read .net database book
Review: Quite simply the best book I have read about ado.net and other .net database topics. The author does a splendid job explaining how to use the various parts of ado.net and it shows he has several years of db programming knowledge. The db design chapter is a delightful refresher and it's quite good as a quick reference.
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Summary: Thorough with good examples
Review: This book has helped me get over a number of hurdles with ADO.NET. It is well-written and thorough with lots of realistic code examples. I chose it over others on the shelves because of the chapter on message queueing, an area where I needed help. MQ didn't seem to have good coverage in the other ADO.NET books I was browsing and it turns out I made a good choice. This is an all-round ADO.NET book. I would give this book five stars except that I found the section on LDAP and the Active Directory difficult to follow because the author uses the same name (UserMan) in several different code contexts such as for the common name, domain component, user ID and password. Rework those examples and I'll return with a five star rating!
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Summary: Good database book
Review: This book is nothing more than the best database book for VB.NET programmers. There is so much detailed coverage in this book it's unbeliveable. parts 2 to 5 are very good for learning ADO.NET and with the two appendixes this really is a reference must have for all serious VB.NET database programmers. I did manage to find a few typos and minor errors, but all in all this book truly deserves 5 stars.
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Summary: Excellent!
Review: This book is something else; not only do I get all the information I need about ADO.NET, but the way the sample code has been put together, leading to a complete application, is simply great. Don't miss out on this book!
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Summary: Database Primer
Review: This is a good book, because it contains everything I ever needed to know about ADO.NET (ADO .NET?). I also needed some information on Message Queuing and that is also covered in a chapter, which is probably the best chapter of them all. I can whole heartedly recommend this book!
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Summary: Very good
Review: This is a very detailed book about ADO .NET and more. I especially like chapter 3 which is really my ADO .NET reference now, but also some of the other chapters stand out, like chapter 8 about message queues. This is a solid introduction to ADO .NET that I can recommend to any VB programmer that has previously been working with ADO.
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Summary: Good book
Review: This is good book, with lots of detailed coverage. I find that it's easy to read, but those...tables needs to be moved to appendix. The message queuing chapter is really well explained and it deserves a lot credit. I would give this book a better rating if only the tables would have been placed in an appendix
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Summary: Good and detailed book
Review: This is one of the better books I've read on the subject of database programming and in particular using the .Net framework. It starts off in a slow pace explaining the details of disconnected database programming and then chapter by chapter it explains how to work with ADO.net and it then rounds off with some 'extras' in teh form of SQLXML and Exchange Server connectivity. Really good book.
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