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Description of Beginning ASP.NET 2.0 and Databases

ASP.NET is Microsoft′s popular technology for creating dynamic web sites that pull unique information for each visitor rather than showing everyone the same static HTML pages. The introduction of the exciting 2.0 version allows for a far easier relationship between data and ASP.NET than ever before. In this book, bestselling author John Kauffman and Microsoft ASP.NET data insider Bradley Millington guide you through the most important uses of ASP.NET—working with databases in your ASP.NET web sites.

As you progress from simple to more complex topics, you′ll be introduced to the many additional ASP.NET and data connectivity tools that Microsoft′s Web Platform and Tools team has released. Kauffman and Millington take you beyond the basics to discuss the permutations, pitfalls, and best practices that occur in real business scenarios.

What you will learn from this book

• Fundamentals of connecting web pages to databases
• The connections to Access, SQL Server, Oracle®, XML, and other data sources
• Various tricks and traps for displaying data in grids, lists, and trees
• How to allow users to change, add, and delete data
• Techniques for creating data objects and events
• Ways to handle data errors

Who this book is for

This book is for anyone who needs a web front–end or is looking to add data to a site. A comfortable level of understanding with ASP.NET version 1.x or ASP version 3.0 is recommended. Readers should also have some familiarity with databases.

Wrox Beginning guides are crafted to make learning programming languages and technologies easier than you think, providing a structured, tutorial format that will guide you through all the techniques involved.

Title Information

ISBN:

9780471781349

Pages:

536 pages

Format:

Paperback

Product Code:

300625

Publisher:

John Wiley & Sons Ltd

Published:

08/08/2006

Edition:

New title Edition

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About John Kauffman and Bradley Millington

John Kaufman (Ogdensburg NY) is a trainer and writer working in Asia and North America specializing in connecting databases to the web. While teaching he keeps a list of student questions and mistakes and uses that information as the basis for future material in books. John authored best–seller Beginning ASP Databases and coauthored several other best–sellers including Beginning Active Server Pages 3. Bradley Millington (Redmond, WA) is a Microsoft Program Manager for the Web Platform and Tools Team with primary responsibility for the database controls in ASP.NET. He is a well–known frequent speaker at Microsoft technical conferences including TechEd and PDC.