Rod Stephens $20.99, 450 pages, 2002 Que ISBN 0-7897-2681-5 Paperback If you think ADO.NET is just the next version of ADO, you're in for a shock! ADO.NET introduces a host of new database objects: DataSet, DataTable, DataView, two kinds of data adapters, and many more. Even the data access paradigm has changed. While experience with ADO will help, there's a lot to learn.

A book for programmers, not idiots and dummies

This book doesn't assume you know anything about building databases in Visual Basic, but it is not a book for morons. It explains the newest database technology in detail so you can get real-world database applications up and running quickly. The book's chapters cover a wide range of new database topics including:

Types of databases Database design Database security The new family of database classes Database connections

XML databases Bound controls Multi-user programming issues Useful MSDE/SQL Server stored procedures Useful SQL commands