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ADO.NET Examples and Best Practices for C# Programmers
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Author: William R. Vaughn, Peter Blackburn
List Price: $49.95
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ISBN: 1590590120
Publisher: APress (01 January, 1970)
Edition: Paperback
Sales Rank: 89,533
Average Customer Rating: 3.93 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 5 out of 5
Vaugn is the Man!
I thought I had already reviewed this book but I guess I didn't. This is a totally killer book from start to finish. There's simply nothing that isn't great about it. It's well written and never gets boring. Vaughn has a total command over what he writes and has an amazing knack for keeping things interesting (which is very important in computer books). His examples are all things you encounter every day. His insights are those of someone's who's dealt with virtually every scenario his readers may face. And in a nutshell, it's just a totally cool book by a totally cool author.I am an abject book nut and I ADO.NET is probably one of my favorite subjects. With that said, I'm by default a huge fan of Mr. Vaughn but if you are going to do any ADO.NET programming, this is a must have title!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Good book, but mis-titled IMO
The authors' expertise in the subject is clear. These guys have been doing this for a long time, and know it inside and out (or at least as well as can be expected at the time of writing). It reads really well, and their added insight is great.My major issue with the book is that it really should have been titled "ADO.NET Examples and Best Practices for C# Programmers Who Are Already Experts in ADO Using SQL" Basically if you aren't interested in the differences between ADO and ADO.NET, you'll find yourself skipping over quite a few sections. I got the feeling that I was reading stuff like this a lot - "This isn't any different than ADOc (how he refers to COM based ADO) so we'll just skip over that and get to what's different." Or - "Here is a comparison of how these ADO properties map to their ADO.NET equivalents." In addition, if you are looking for info specific to anything other than SQL server, you may be disappointed. The book just makes minor mention of OLEDB. If these issues aren't a concern for you, consider this a 5 star rating.
Rating: 1 out of 5
False alarm
I am not a VB developer but it seems like this book is for VB developers. Authors have no idea of C++/C# programming. It has less ADO.NET but more ADO programming issues. Authors talk a lot but there is no code which makes the book worthless.Can you live without "finally"? I can't. Author have no idea and never used "finally".
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