"Aerodyne" <aerody***@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi there,
>
> The books I read:
> Mastering C# Database Programming by Jason Price
> Programming C# by Jesse Liberty
>
> But you'll prob want to focus on .NET 2 features ... so
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/vcsharp/
>
> links:
> http://samples.gotdotnet.com/quickstart/
> http://www.csharp-station.com/Tutorials/AdoDotNet/Lesson01.aspx
>
>
> HTH
>

"Imran Aziz" <im***@tb2.net> wrote in message
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> Hello All,
> I   am new to ADO.net and C#, I have been trying to understand both but
> having problems. Can anyone please guide me to a good ADO.net book using
> C# that I can buy, I have checked books on Amazon but have not been able
> to make a decision as to which one should I buy. In addition a good online
> resource that I should use to work with ADO.net would be great, for now
> although there are lot of resources, but have not been able to find one
> that I can get most of the information from, generally have to search for
> each thing on Google and then spend hours to find answer to something
> simple as declaring a null column in the prepared statement.
>
> Thanks a lot.
> Imran.
>

"Sahil Malik [MVP]" <contactmethrumyblog@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Imran,
>
> This is a weird time to look for a book. Primarily because most books out
> there right now, are going to be out of date in about 1 more month.
> (because of .NET 2.0).
>
> You might want to get started with C#, because the language changes in C#
> are fewer in number, and easier to grasp using online material.
> For getting started with C#, you might want to look at C# by Jesse
> Liberty.
>
> For ADO.NET, you might want to concentrate on a ADO.NET 2.0 book, simply
> because ADO.NET by the nature of it (and SQL Server 2005) needs a LOT of
> architectural tips. In my opinion, every method and every property on
> every object in ADO.NET has some practical significance and thought behind
> it. My book should be in the market in another month, but I am sure a few
> other books will follow.
>
> - Sahil Malik [MVP]
> ADO.NET 2.0 book -
> http://codebetter.com/blogs/sahil.malik/archive/2005/05/13/63199.aspx
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "Imran Aziz" <im***@tb2.net> wrote in message
> news:OdNC6BolFHA.360@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> Hello All,
>> I   am new to ADO.net and C#, I have been trying to understand both but
>> having problems. Can anyone please guide me to a good ADO.net book using
>> C# that I can buy, I have checked books on Amazon but have not been able
>> to make a decision as to which one should I buy. In addition a good
>> online resource that I should use to work with ADO.net would be great,
>> for now although there are lot of resources, but have not been able to
>> find one that I can get most of the information from, generally have to
>> search for each thing on Google and then spend hours to find answer to
>> something simple as declaring a null column in the prepared statement.
>>
>> Thanks a lot.
>> Imran.
>>
>
>