Beginning C# 2005 Databases, Apress
Microsoft .NET Framework, ASP.NET, Visual C# (CSharp, C Sharp, C-Sharp) Developer Training, Visual Studio
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C# Online.NET Book Review
This book sets itself a formidable task—to educate a complete RDBMS novice in relational concepts, SQL, T-SQL, LINQ, ADO.NET, and SQL Server. But, since this is the third edition of the book, we already know from history that the book succeeds. Beginning C# 2005 Databases is a revision of the highly regarded Beginning C# Databases.
One of the best new things about this revision is the chapter on a new hot topic: LINQ—which makes query and set operations (like SQL statements) first class citizens in .NET languages like Visual C# and Visual Basic .NET. LINQ is an alternative to regular ADO.NET programming. Also, new in this edition is the XML data type—you're gonna love it.
This very approachable book covers everything the reader will need to know to begin programming database access from C#. It give the reader a firm foundation upon which to build mastery. But, in many cases, it covers all the reader will ever need to know.
The eighteen chapters of this book are divided into individual topics with this format:
- Introduction: what are we talking about
- Try It out: a focused example of it
- How It Works: an analysis of what we did in the example
This arrangement makes each topic largely self-contained; so, the reader can chew the material in reasonably sized bites. And, it makes it simple to look back to or look up a particular topic.
Our primary author is an experienced author. His previous title Beginning C# Databases was very well received. But, equally importantly, he is an old hand at database design and development: He knows what you need to know. The author is a bit of a Renaissance man in that his first love is Greek and Latin classics which he translates. Maybe that is the source of his talent for communicating complicated technical subjects in uncomplicated prose.
The book referenvces Visual C# Express Edition and SQL Server Express which are free downloads. Of course, more fully featured editions will also work with the book.
All source code examples are in the C# language.
Bottom line
Beginning C# 2005 Databases is the best introduction to C# programming of relational database management systems on the market for beginners.
Publisher's description
Beginning C# 2005 Databases: From Novice to Professional teaches you everything you need to know about relational databases, the SQL database language, and ADO.NET 2.0. You’ll also get a sound start in developing console, Windows Forms, ASP.NET, and even XML database applications.
This book also teaches you database basics and how to use SQL to communicate with databases. You’ll get detailed and code-practical techniques to access data in C# across a wide range of specific coding situations. Fully revised and upgraded for .NET 2.0, this book offers you the best contemporary practice in this core programming area, and you’ll find yourself using it in nearly all your .NET projects. This book systematically
- Provides step-by-step instructions on installing and configuring Visual C# and SQL Server Express editions
- Presents all essential SQL query and update concepts and syntax, so you don’t need prior familiarity with relational databases or SQL
- Describes how to use ADO.NET transactions, exceptions, and events
- Covers ADO.NET features for handling XML, text, and binary data
- Explains all concepts through straightforward code examples
About the author(s)
James Huddleston has worked with computers since 1974, specializing in database design and development since 1980. He has a bachelor’s degree in Latin and Greek from the University of Pennsylvania and a juris doctor degree from the University of Pittsburgh. A technical reviewer of dozens of computer books, including Beginning C# Objects: From Concepts to Code, he finds databases an endlessly fascinating area of work and almost as intellectually rewarding as his hobby: translating Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey from the original Greek.
Ranga Raghuram has a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Birla Institute of Technology and Science in Pilani, India, and a master’s degree from Virginia Tech in Virginia.
Syed Fahad Gilani has more than 15 years of experience in computing. He sold his first program at the age of ten.
Jacob Hammer Pedersen started programming in the early 1990s, moving gradually from Pascal to C++ to Visual Basic. In the summer of 2000, he discovered C# and has explored it happily ever since.
Jon Reid was editor for the C++ and Object Query Language components of the Object Data Management Group standard, and has co-authored several C# books.
