C# Database Basics

Overview

Working with data and databases in C# certainly can be daunting if you?re coming from VB6, VBA, or Access. With this hands-on guide, you?ll shorten the learning curve considerably as you master accessing, adding, updating, and deleting data with C#?basic skills you need if you intend to program with this language.

No previous knowledge of C# is necessary. By following the examples in this book, you?ll learn how to tackle several database tasks in C#, such as working with SQL ...

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Overview

Working with data and databases in C# certainly can be daunting if you’re coming from VB6, VBA, or Access. With this hands-on guide, you’ll shorten the learning curve considerably as you master accessing, adding, updating, and deleting data with C#—basic skills you need if you intend to program with this language.

No previous knowledge of C# is necessary. By following the examples in this book, you’ll learn how to tackle several database tasks in C#, such as working with SQL Server, building data entry forms, and using data in a web service. The book’s code samples will help you get started on your own projects.

  • Create a Windows Forms application with a datagrid
  • Connect to multiple data sources, including Access and SQL Server
  • Add, edit, and update data in a database you choose and design
  • Enable users to choose their data source at runtime
  • Learn the roles of DataTable, DataView, BindingSource, Filters, and other objects
  • Understand where variables are declared and how they impact the code
  • Build a simple web service that connects to a database
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781449309985
  • Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
  • Publication date: 2/8/2012
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 110
  • Product dimensions: 7.01 (w) x 9.17 (h) x 0.23 (d)

Meet the Author

Michael Schmalz works in financial services and performs business and technology consulting in a variety of industries. He has done technical editing for O'Reilly on several Microsoft Office books and authored "Integrating Excel and Access" and "C# Database Basics". Michael has a degree in Finance from Penn State. He lives with his wife and children in Pennsylvania.

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Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1: First Steps: Form with a Datagrid

Chapter 2: C# Data Access to SQL Server

Chapter 3: Building Data Entry Forms

Chapter 4: Creating Data Entry Forms with Built-In Controls

Chapter 5: Data in a Web Service

Chapter 6: Editing Access Data on the Web

Chapter 7: Additional C# and Database Topics

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