Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 005.7585 EAN: 9780735612365 ISBN: 0735612366 Label: Microsoft Press Manufacturer: Microsoft Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 512 Publication Date: January 30, 2002 Publisher: Microsoft Press Sales Rank: 332552 Studio: Microsoft Press
Product DescriptionThis title is ideal for any developer who seeks guidance on how to exploit the database functionality and advanced, integrated development environment in Microsoft Visual Basic .NET. The book covers core Visual Basic database development topics, with details on using Visual Basic .Net with Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects (ADO), ADO+, and Microsoft SQL Server. It's full of insightful explanations and expertly rendered examples for rapid acceleration of development productivity, faster applications, and more powerful results.
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Rating: - Book is too tightly coupled on integration with UI
It seems every example in this book involves using Wizards and Data Binding.
If you are writing some sort of logging application that doesn't have anything to do with UI, this is not a good book from which to learn.
Starting with databinding creates lots of generated code which is almost overwhelming to take in all at once.
Lots of space is wasted in this book... Too many pictures, not enough code.
When there is code, it is repeated in both basic and c#. While ... Read More
Rating: - complexity clarified
An unusual volume where the most complex issues are presented with unusual clarity. The subject requres work but the material for understanding is there.
Rating: - Got some money to through out the window?
Absolutely the worst book I've purchased. If it weren't for my MCDBA exam, I'd burn this one in a hurry. I don't know what she was trying to do, maybe teach the exam, but you would be well advised that a firm background in VB.net is needed.
Rating: - Take the reviews advice
I bought this book despite it's bad reviews and I must say that I am sorry I did. This book is very poorly written. I got only to chapter 3 and the examples have led me to debug to get them to work. Example, chapter 3 asks you to connect to an Access database (OleDB) with a SQL Object! No, no. It also in the same chapter references a view in the PROVIDED Access database off the disk named OrderTotals thats not even there!
I would have given this 0 stars, but it was not an option.
Rating: - This is a very frustrating book for C# programmers.
The book is full of typos, the test databases already have records you are supposed to add, and there are syntax errors galore. A proof reader would have been a plus to this book project. The C# examples blow up continually. I am surprised that Microsoft put there name on this. I am not crazy about debugging my own code. I resent paying for a book where I have to debug someone else's. I don't know if the problem is intensified if you are using Visual Studio 2003. If you are and you code in C#, stay ... Read More
- Book is too tightly coupled on integration with UI
- complexity clarified
- Got some money to through out the window?
