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Summary: My 2 Cents
Review: I agree with other person. This book is not for ADO.NET exp developers. If you've already been writing apps with ADO.NET, you may not find much in this book.If you're a beginner or intermediate level developer, book is not bad at all. Actually book is many flavors. Introduction of C# and Windows Forms, Basics of ADO.NET, ADO.NET with XML, ODBC, OleDb, and Sql data providers, Using ADO.NET to write Web Apps using ASP.NET, data-driven Web services and so on.
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Summary: Great .. Simple & Easy to Read
Review: I am new to .NET and database programming. I found this book simple and easy to read and understand. Step by step tutorial format makes it more fun to read. Expert programmers may find book little boring but I recommend a great read for novice programmers moving to database .NET applications.
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Summary: Hmm, what did I just read?
Review: I am not sure what to say about this book. I generally love the high quality books from Apress but this one is a little different. There is a lot of pages in the book but I think that 1/3 of them is a waste. Ther's too many pictures and there os no real indepth coverage of the topics. Okay, the writing is fairly competent but I am left with a feeling that the author does not know what she is talking about. Just not worth the money.
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Summary: Look somewhere else for insight and innovation
Review: I can recommend Mahesh's c-sharpcorner.com site but not this book. It goes over the same bland "this is what a data reader does and does fast, but these are all the great things you can do with a dataset." What about strategies for accessing columns and data types? What about hiding data providers by using a utility class that feeds your apps data using IDbConnections and IDbCommands? This book has nothing special to say. Plus, this book contains an infuriating number of grammatical mistakes. I'm trying _ADO.NET Examples and Best Practices for C# Programmers_ next. If this book failed you too, look for my review there.
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Summary: Time Waste
Review: I didn't like this book at all.I think author is not clear what he is trying to tell.May be he is very new to ADO.NET.Guys its not worth it to buy this book.I want my money back..
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Summary: Few things
Review: I enjoy Mahesh's articles ... and APress books. After going through few chapters (Chap 3, 4 and 5), found my money is worth. Few things I noticed:
1. Book is not a copy and paste of MSDN, I don't see any tables or big list of properties and methods you usually see in other books.
2. All code worked like a charm. No errors. Well edited and tested. I guess ;). Good job APress.
3. A different approach (visual) to clear things.
Hope you find it useful. I sure did.
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Summary: Misleading
Review: I find it curious that a reviewer from New York and a reviewer from Bombay use identical language to give this book a rave review. The title of this book is most misleading, it should read something like "An Absolute Novice guide to doing ADO.NET with Visual Studio". And if this doesn't describe you, the book will be almost completely worthless to you...
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Summary: Enjoying it - Something different
Review: I found this book easy to understand and the all code works on .Net final release :). I come from a background of MFC/VC++ and VB and didn't do much database programming. I have had rought time reading and compiling code for my last two books. I also like how author handled the ADO.NET architecture. Every component of ADO.NET is explained clearly. XML, Web applications and Web services chapters seem bonus. Didn't finish it yet.
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Summary: This is not what it seems to be
Review: I have read the front cover and from that alone I purchased the book. The problem is that you can't trust the text on the cover. This book does not give any indepth coverage or analysis of anything to do with ADO .NET. What really puzzles me is the literally hundreds of figures; what's the purpose of these? I am disappointed that this book is not what it promises. The XML coverage is quite good but the rest is just not good. look else where for real ADO .NET coverage.
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Summary: Excellent ODBC Data Provider Coverage
Review: I start working with ASP.NET Web Services and Web Application and use MySQL as back end. I've seen couple of books but none of them provides good coverage on ODBC data provider. Author has done an exellent explaing database connectivity with various ODBC data sources. Good coverage of XML Services and intro to Web Applications. An above average book for ADO.NET, XML and Web database programmers. I agree with other reviewer that the author's style, which makes the book feel like a discussion with an enthusiastic co-worker rather than as a dry treatise. Normally you would think developing Web Services are a "BIG DEAL" but author explained in a way which makes Web services a "Peice of Cake". Based on this book, I wrote a Web service, which works as a Database Layer for my three ASP.NET applications to send data back and forth.
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