Beginning VB 2008 Databases

- Getting Our Tools

- Getting to Know Our Tools

- Getting to Know Relational Database

- Writing Database Queries

- Manipulating Database Data

- Using Stored Procedures

- Using XML.-Understanding Transactions

- Getting to Know ADO.NET

- Making Connections

- Executing Commands.-Using Data Readers

- Using Datasets

- Building Windows Forms Applications

- Building ASP.NET Applications.-Handling Exceptions

- Working with Events

- Working with Text and Binary Data

- Using LINQ

- Using ADO.NET 3.0

Vidya Vrat Agarwal holds Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD) for Microsoft .NET, Microsoft Certified Application Developer (MCAD) for .NET, and MCSD certifications and is a Life Member of the Computer Society of India (CSI). He started working on .NET with its first beta release. He is currently a Senior Subject Matter Expert - Microsoft for Lionbridge in Mumbai, India, where he lives with his beloved wife and lovely daughter Vamika (nicknamed Pearly). Vidya believes that nothing will turn into a reality without them. Coauthor of Beginning VB 9.0 Databases: From Novice to Professional, he also writes articles for Programmers Heaven (http://www.programmersheaven.com/) and blogs at http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/.

Jim Huddleston was a database designer and developer for more than 30 years before becoming an Apress editor in 2006. He has a bachelor's degree in Latin and Greek from the University of Pennsylvania and a juris doctor degree from the University of Pittsburgh. Author of several books, including Beginning VB 9.0 Databases: From Novice to Professional, Jim still finds database an endlessly fascinating area of study. But, what he currently finds most interesting in computing is F#, which is almost as intriguing as his life-long hobby, translating ancient Greek and Latin epic poetry. His translations of Homer's Odyssey and the pseudo-Hesiodic Shield of Heracles are available online at The Chicago Homer.