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Assuming only basic knowledge of C# 2008, Beginning C# 2008 Databases teaches all the fundamentals of database technology and database programming readers need to quickly become highly proficient database users and application developers.

A comprehensive tutorial on both SQL Server 2005 and ADO.NET 3.0, Beginning C# 2008 Databases explains and demonstrates how to create database objects and program against them in both T–SQL and C#. Full of practical, detailed examples, it’s been fully revised and updated for C# 2008 and offers the most complete, detailed, and gentle introduction to database technology for all C# programmers at any level of experience.

  • Comprehensively and concisely explains fundamental database concepts and programming techniques
  • Rich in working examples of both T–SQL and C# programs
  • Covers all the features most database programming ever requires

What you’ll learn

  • How relational databases work and how to use them
  • How C# uses ADO.NET to access databases
  • How to write stored procedures in T–SQL and call them from C# programs
  • How to use XML in database applications
  • How to use LINQ to simplify C# database programming
  • How to install SQL Server 2005 Express and Visual C# 3.0
  • Express and use them to teach yourself database programming by doing it

Who is this book for?

Beginning C# 2008 Databases is for every C# programmer. Database programming requires relatively little knowledge of C# but a lot of knowledge about relational database concepts and the database language SQL. This book assumes no prior database experience and teaches you, always through hands–on examples, how to create and use relational databases with SQL and how to access them with C#. Almost every application needs to access a database, and this book teaches all the fundamentals you needand may ever needto develop professional database applications.

About the Apress Beginning Series

The Beginning series from Apress is the right choice to get the information you need to land that crucial entry-level job. These books will teach you a standard and important technology from the ground up because they are explicitly designed to take you from “novice to professional.” You’ll start your journey by seeing what you need to know—but without needless theory and filler. You’ll build your skill set by learning how to put together real–world projects step by step. So whether your goal is your next career challenge or a new learning opportunity, the Beginning series from Apress will take you there—it is your trusted guide through unfamiliar territory!

Related Titles from Apress

  • Beginning C# 2008: From Novice to Professional
  • Beginning Database Design: From Novice to Professional
  • Pro C# 2008 and the .NET 3.5 Platform, Fourth Edition
  • Pro LINQ: Language Integrated Query in C# 2008

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Excellent Leap Into Serious Enterprise Apps
 
Review Date: February 17, 2010
Reviewer: Carl Hope Korkpoe, Cape Coast, Ghana
I purchased a copy of this book in order to get on the Microsoft Visual Studio platform especially the C# technology. Coming from a Java background I needed something that takes you into serious territory quicker. And this book has not failed. It addresses a serious technology is a friendly manner - crisp and clear. The instructions are clear and lead the reader into the core of database programming without assistance. If you are new to the Visual Studio platform, then splashing a fortune on this book is a good investment to make. I have recommended itBeginning C# 2008 Databases: From Novice to Professional to my students and I hope it works for you too!
.NET Developer Group Coban
 
Review Date: July 18, 2009
Reviewer: Jose Rolando Guay Paz, Guatemala
Este libro me ayudara a comprender sobre como crear o resolver casos en una base de datos. Estoy empezando a aprender sobre bases de datos y este libro seguramente me ayudara a aclarar mis dudas.

Felicitaciones!

Jairo Leonel Toc Bol
Worth my time, I've learned something.
 
Review Date: September 17, 2009
Reviewer: PJR, Near Memphis, TN
This is exactly what it says it is, beginning databases from novice to professional, although a professional will quickly skim through it and determine it's not necessary for them.

I've been doing this kind of programming since 1985, but I'll be the first to admit that I don't and can't know everything. I've spent most of the past 24 years working in obsolete languages and IDE's--if something WORKS, I'll stick with it. So I'm coming to C# a little late in the game. All I want from a book like this are quick examples of how to make a tool do what I want, and maybe a brief explanation of how something works. Once I learn syntax, it stays with me and I don't like to waste a lot of time reading things that don't apply to me.

This book is PERFECT in that regard, each chapter tells you what they're going to teach, why you would want to learn it, how to "Try it out" and finally "How it works."

If you're the kind of person who learns by doing, this is the book for you. No, it won't answer all of your questions but it will give you enough of a working knowledge of SQL Server MSE, and how to at least get started in C# with it. The main thing when you're starting out with something like this is to build some confidence and MOMENTUM, then you can start asking the right questions and looking to other reference materials for your answers.

After that, you'll probably never need to open this book again. Most people will finish it in a week or two.
Good enough
 
Review Date: February 15, 2009
Reviewer: Mohamed Elsherif, Redmond, WA
It is pretty good introduction to Database programming in C#, it has the basics that you may have overlooked if you are already programming and builds a solid foundation for new devs
Love the book, but the Kindle formating leaves a lot to be desired.
 
Review Date: April 6, 2010
Reviewer: Kevin Jennings,
I have the physical copy of this book but, since I have a Kindle, I decided to get the Kindle version so I wouldn't have to lug around the book itself. Big mistake.
The code samples in this book don't adjust in size depending on what you have your text size set at. That means you end up with code samples that are very tiny. So tiny, in fact, that some may need a magnifying glass to read them. The rest of the text though, other than the programs and code samples, is perfectly readable. I wish Amazon would take the formating of Kindle books a little more seriously.

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