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Beginning C# 2008 Databases - From Novice to Professional
of: Syed Fahad Gilani, Vidya Vrat Agarwal, Jon Reid, Ranga Raghuram, James Huddleston, Jacob Hammer Pede
Apress, 2008
ISBN: 9781430204503 , 482 Pages
Format: PDF, Read online
Copy protection: DRM
Contents at a Glance
5
Contents
6
About the Authors
20
About the Technical Reviewer
21
Acknowledgments
22
Introduction
24
Who This Book Is For
24
What This Book Covers
24
How This Book Is Organized
25
How to Download the Sample Code
25
Getting Your Tools
26
Obtaining Visual Studio 2008
27
Installing SQL Server Management Studio Express
28
Installing the Northwind Sample Database
29
Installing the AdventureWorks Sample Database
34
Summary
38
Getting to Know Your Tools
39
Microsoft . NET Framework Versions and the Green Bit and Red Bit Assembly Model
39
Using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008
40
Using SQL Server Management Studio Express
46
Summary
50
Getting to Know Relational Databases
51
What Is a Database?
51
Choosing Between a Spreadsheet and a Database
52
Why Use a Database?
52
Benefits of Using a Relational Database Management System
53
Comparing Desktop and Server RDBMS Systems
53
The Database Life Cycle
55
Mapping Cardinalities
56
Understanding Keys
58
Understanding Data Integrity
60
Normalization Concepts
60
Drawbacks of Normalization
62
Summary
62
Writing Database Queries
63
Comparing QBE and SQL
64
Beginning with Queries
65
Common Table Expressions
66
GROUP BY Clause
68
PIVOT Operator
70
ROW_ NUMBER() Function
72
PARTITION BY Clause
73
Pattern Matching
74
Aggregate Functions
80
DATETIME Functions
83
Joins
85
Summary
96
Manipulating Database Data
97
Retrieving Data
97
Using SELECT INTO Statements
107
Inserting Data
112
Updating Data
115
Deleting Data
117
Summary
118
Using Stored Procedures
119
Creating Stored Procedures
119
Modifying Stored Procedures
127
Displaying Definitions of Stored Procedures
130
Renaming Stored Procedures
131
Working with Stored Procedures in C#
132
Deleting Stored Procedures
139
Summary
141
Using XML
142
Defining XML
142
Why XML?
143
Benefits of Storing Data As XML
143
Understanding XML Documents
144
Understanding the XML Declaration
146
Converting Relational Data to XML
146
Using the xml Data Type
153
Summary
156
Understanding Transactions
157
What Is a Transaction?
157
When to Use Transactions
158
Understanding ACID Properties
159
Transaction Design
160
Transaction State
160
Specifying Transaction Boundaries
161
T- SQL Statements Allowed in a Transaction
161
Local Transactions in SQL Server 2005
161
Distributed Transactions in SQL Server 2005
163
Guidelines to Code Efficient Transactions
164
How to Code Transactions
165
Summary
178
Getting to Know ADO.NET
179
Understanding ADO. NET
179
The Motivation Behind ADO. NET
180
Moving from ADO to ADO. NET
181
Understanding ADO. NET Architecture
184
Working with the SQL Server Data Provider
186
Working with the OLE DB Data Provider
193
Working with the ODBC Data Provider
199
Data Providers Are APIs
209
Summary
210
Making Connections
211
Introducing the Data Provider Connection Classes
211
Connecting to SQL Server Express with SqlConnection
212
Improving Your Use of Connection Objects
221
Connecting to SQL Server Express with OleDbConnection
227
Summary
230
Executing Commands
231
Creating a Command
231
Executing Commands
237
Executing Commands with Multiple Results
241
Executing Statements
244
Command Parameters
249
Summary
255
Using Data Readers
256
Understanding Data Readers in General
256
Getting Data About Data
272
Getting Data About Tables
277
Using Multiple Result Sets with a Data Reader
280
Summary
285
Using Datasets and Data Adapters
286
Understanding the Object Model
287
Working with Datasets and Data Adapters
291
Propagating Changes to a Data Source
310
Concurrency
331
Using Datasets and XML
332
Using Data Tables Without Datasets
336
Understanding Typed and Untyped Datasets
339
Summary
340
Building Windows Forms Applications
342
Understanding Windows Forms
342
User Interface Design Principles
343
Best Practices for User Interface Design
343
Working with Windows Forms
346
Understanding the Design and Code Views
348
Sorting Properties in the Properties Window
349
Setting Properties of Solutions, Projects, and Windows Forms
351
Working with Controls
352
Setting Dock and Anchor Properties
356
Adding a New Form to the Project
361
Implementing an MDI Form
363
Summary
368
Building ASP.NET Applications
369
Understanding Web Functionality
369
Introduction to ASP. NET and Web Pages
371
Understanding the Visual Studio 2008 Web Site Types
371
Layout of an ASP. NET Web Site
374
Using Master Pages
382
Summary
388
Handling Exceptions
389
Handling ADO. NET Exceptions
389
Handling Database Exceptions
399
Summary
410
Working with Events
411
Understanding Events
411
Properties of Events
412
Design of Events
412
Common Events Raised by Controls
413
Event Generator and Consumer
414
Summary
422
Working with Text and Binary Data
423
Understanding SQL Server Text and Binary Data Types
423
Storing Images in a Database
424
Retrieving Images from a Database
433
Working with Text Data
439
Summary
450
Using LINQ
451
Introduction to LINQ
452
Architecture of LINQ
453
LINQ Project Structure
455
Using LINQ to Objects
457
Using LINQ to SQL
459
Using LINQ to XML
465
Summary
467
Using ADO.NET 3.5
468
Understanding ADO. NET 3.5 Entity Framework
468
Understanding the Entity Data Model
469
Working with the Entity Data Model
470
Summary
484
Index
485
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