Beginning ASP.NET Databases using C# |  | Authors: John Kauffman, Kent Tegel, Brian Matsik, Jan Narkewicz, Fabio Claudio Ferracchiati, Jesudas Chinnathampi, Eric Mintz, Donald Xie, John West
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Sales Rank: 3732159
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Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Pages: 400
Number Of Items: 1
ASIN: B0000B0SZ5
Publication Date: June 30, 2002
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Product Description
This book looks at how we can create data-centric asp.net applications. Written and organised in the classic Wrox Beginning style, this book is packed full of excellent code examples, which demonstrate important fundamental principles. Requiring some basic knowledge of ASP.net and Access or a SQL-based RDBMS, the authors initially guide you through the processes involved in connecting ASP.net pages to a database and investigate the various ways of reading data. They then explore all the major issues involved in data heavy asp.net programming, including some slightly more advanced topics such as using stored procedures and components. All of the material in beginning asp.net Databases is real-world useful, and the multitude of examples ensure that you are in the driving seat on your way to becoming a succesful ASP.net programmer.
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 Good book but examples are not always working May 30, 2006
P. Van Opbergen (Nijmegen, Gelderland Netherlands)
This book is very readable and very well suited for beginning asp.net programmers. It makes you feel at ease with asp.net. Too bad the examples don't always work. For instance, the final chapter 12 makes you write an application with all the stuff you've learned in the previous chapters. The code that is provided, doesn't work at all. I get error after error and that's a shame because I really want to see the information being used in a real world example.
 Concise and Informative May 12, 2003
This one gets you up and running with database prograaming with ASP.NET in a matter of few hours. In the process, it also provides you with useful real-world tips. Great book for getting your feet wet with ADO.NET.
The treatment is to-the-point and precise.
All the sample codes work.
The pathway followed is quite logical, starting from establishing connection to database, to various ways of reading and displaying records, followed by inserting and updating records, all using ADO.NET. Each chapter builds on the previous one, and the net effect is a coherent, easy-to-follow, enjoyable book. It really takes the complexities out of ADO.NET and helps us understand the simplicity behind the model.
The later chapters on componentization, performance etc are a real bonus.
Good value for money.
not bad for basic but shame about the last 2 chapters November 23, 2002
.Net learner (USA)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
on the whole this is a very good book for beginners
The last two chapters which i thought were the
most useful was RUSHED!!The performance chapter should not have been a chapter
since it was non-existent The most important chapter of all the bidding web site
construction, I failed to get it to work!! one error
after the other. For a book with so many authors, I
would have thought at least one of the would have had the
time to review the code for the last chapter. I give this book a 3 but it deserves a 4.
Unless the code in the last chapter works, the last chapter
might as well not be there either
Great book from Chap 1-6 November 14, 2002
G. C. Huang (Newton, MA United States)
I went through this book. It is great for the beginner to ASP.Net. However, I think it is because there are many authors worked on this book. Its contents is NOT so integrated. I felt I gain a lot from chap 1-6, however after ch7, it seems worked by another author. The concept between two of them has conflict. For example, the author ch1-6 said using ADO.net data adapter you don't need to open and close the data connection, but in ch7, the author said, you must close the connect obj after you used DataAdapter?? Their writting style are also different, after ch7, the contents is not so good and has a log of mistakes.
Great for the beginner July 31, 2002
Mark Horner (Australia)
It is not until you read a book that is dedicated to using databases in ASP.NET that you realize just how much there is to learn. This is a very readable & well structured book with excellent `Try It Out' examples that provide easy to follow step-by-step guides.Obviously understanding data readers, datasets, command objects and web server controls is vital but there are some rare and extremely useful chapters: componentization - leveraging class libraries for data access, performance, and a chapter that discusses Data-Driven ASP.NET application in the Real World that raises some very interesting issues; for example security tips, raising your own database errors & organizing your code. The authors not only provide information that you would expect but they offer every encouragement to raise the bar by discussing ways to do things even better; for example `A Better Connection String', creating Data Access classes, and fine tuning dataset & datareaders.
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