Expert One-On-One Visual Basic 2005 Database Programming
Chapter One
Migrating from ADO
to ADO.NET
This chapter is an introduction to ADO.NET 2.0 for Visual Basic 6 developers who've decided to
bite the bullet and move to Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0, Visual Studio 2005 (VS 2005) or Visual
Basic Express (VBX), and Visual Basic 2005 (VB 2005) as their programming language. The
ADO.NET 2.0 code examples and sample projects described in the chapter have the following
prerequisites:
Experience with VB6 database programming, using the Data Environment Designer, and
writing code to create and manipulate ADODB Connection, Command, and Recordset
objects, including disconnected Recordsets and databound controls.
A basic understanding of the organization and use of .NET Framework namespaces and
classes.
Sufficient familiarity with using the VS 2005 IDE and writing VB 2005 code to create
simple Windows Form projects.
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