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Summary: Some Highlights ;)
Review: 1. Write real world Windows and Web data-driven solutions
2. Written based on .NET Framework 1.1, covers every aspect of ADO.NET development
3. Covers most recent versions of ADO.NET data providers including SQL, OLE DB, ODBC, MySQL, Oracle, and XML .NET data providers
4. Teaches you the internals of ADO.NET and how to write your own custom data providers and custom generic data access components
5. Detailed discussion on Windows and Web data-binding and data-bound controls
6. Code written using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003
7. Visual Basic .NET sample code available for download
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Summary: Good content, very poorly written and edited
Review: Disorganized and packed with grammatical errors, spelling errors, and confusing or downright nonsensical sentence fragments, this book is incredibly difficult to read. An example, from page 13: "Using XML, it's easy to program XML files..."That said, this book does have some interesting content. Were it not for the total distraction of the poor writing and total lack of editing, I would have enjoyed this book quite a bit. I'm extremely disappointed, as I generally find that APress books are of very high quality. Avoid this book; there are much better titles available.
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Summary: Good content, very poorly written and edited
Review: Disorganized and packed with grammatical errors, spelling errors, and confusing or downright nonsensical sentence fragments, this book is incredibly difficult to read. An example, from page 13: "Using XML, it's easy to program XML files..." That said, this book does have some interesting content. Were it not for the total distraction of the poor writing and total lack of editing, I would have enjoyed this book quite a bit. I'm extremely disappointed, as I generally find that APress books are of very high quality. Avoid this book; there are much better titles available.
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Summary: Very Informative
Review: I personally found this book an excellent coverage and very informative. Besides ADO.NET information, its full with tips and tricks. As an intermediate developer, I fould coverage on custom data providers, interfaces, ADO.NET FAQ, and detailed internals of ADO.NET data binding very helpful. Also, good coverage on every aspect including ODBC databases, OLE DB, SQL Server, MysQL, ORACLE, SYBASE, and others. This book definitely gives you an insight of ADO.NET technology and how the technology works under the hood. If you are not very fond with the grammer and looking for a good technical book on database programming, this book is for you.
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Summary: Goes further than most books, but too many flaws
Review: I rately give 5 start any book. A few exceptional books ;). This book is well written, organized, and expalained. I give it a 4 and I would recommend to any body writing database applications using VB.NET. You can give it a try. Cheers!
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Summary: Excellent
Review: I'm not agree with the other readers who said that the book is not good. The book is well organized and the authors did a great job with that book and as all Mahesh books (they all great). this book will teach you ADO.NET not like the other books in the market that you find it consist of just 4-5 chapters and the others are useless. if you want to master ADO.NET get that book. I wrote that review because i read most of the books in the market about .NET due to my job as .NET Consultant and Trainer too so i'm sure that this is your book to ADO.NET .
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Summary: Stupidity at best
Review: Looking over the reviews as I always do for a book I consider buying, I came across the authors extremely stupid review in which he actually gives his own work a 5 star rating. How can anyone do that? Okay, next thing I'm looking at is the way he tries to complain about other reviews; get over it and deal with it. I don't see other authors doing that. It's very incompetent and furthermore the language used gives me very poor hopes for the authors abilities to write in a competent manner. No way I'll buy a book from this author!
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Summary: Must have
Review: This book has been my best guru in learning the ins and outs of database programming and ADO.NET. Authors give you an in depth understanding of ADO.NET, interfaces, internal classes and namespaces. The do a thorough discussion of every area of ADO.NET. Book is upto date, written using .NET version 1.1 and covers every available data provider including SQL Server, OLEDB, ORACLE, MYSQL, XML, ODBC and whatever else. Good chapter on ADO.NET FAQ. If you are learing and writing database applications, this book is an absolute must have.
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Summary: Repetitive, uneven, and full of poor grammar
Review: This critique isn't so much about Mssrs. Chand and Talbot as it is about Apress. The quality control used in the publication of this book was atrocious. The book was obviously rushed to print (come on guys, you're new to a market with some tough competition, so use your spell checkers and hire professional proof-readers with experience in technical publications!) The writing style is too conversational and colloquial, reading more like an undergraduate end-of-semester project report than a professional reference text. Properly presented, the approximately 850 pages of information could be reduced to about 600. That said, there is a lot of good information here. The authors have tackled some tough subjects (the section on creating custom data providers was especially helpful, but their treatment of the currency manager could have been more in-depth). My advise, however, is to wait for the second edition.
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