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Professional ADO.NET 2: Programming with SQL Server 2005, Oracle, and MySQL (Wrox Professional Guides)

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Generally good on ADO.NET but the title is quite a misnomer - I quite agree with the first reviewer with regard to why MySql (or even Oracle) appears in the title. The book can stand on a solid ground on its own without these names (say, just keeping to SQL Server database). MySql only gets a passing comment with most of this just being generic information and less to do with ADO.NET (such as how to install MySql). For consistency as well as current programming trend, I would have liked all the coding examples confined to C# rather than randomly picking between C# or VB (or both at times). Other than these rather minor comments, the book generally represents a good reference on the subject (shown in large bold letters in the title!).

Ignore the Oracle & MySQL references - Let s get my main gripe out of the way and say that despite the title this book has only a little to say about Oracle, and its MySql coverage is so minimal that I can t see how they can justify its use in the title. Oracle s coverage albeit short is comprehensive and summarizes the areas that are specific to the Oracle provider. The MySql coverage however is actually one of many very similar sub-chapters on how to execute the same SELECT statement on a number of different Open Source database engines. And yes it includes the nearly identical source code for each.Anyway, gripe over.After the seemingly obligatory History of Data Access and a refresher on normalization we finally get to the main part of the book, ADO.NET and SQL Server.There have been a lot of changes to ADO.NET since 1.1, and this book covers the new version in a very understandable manner.Sometimes the flow of the book changes between chapters but I guess that s inevitable considering the number of authors. Get past that though and the information can be quickly absorbed in a single read.If you are looking for a book on the new features within ADO.NET 2, then this is it...just don t get sucked in if you are looking for an Oracle or MySql book.




Professional ADO.NET 2: Programming with SQL Server 2005, Oracle, and MySQL (Wrox Professional Guides)