VB.net Database Books

Hi I'm looking for a good win forms book that concentrates on vb.net and database applications. What I would really prefer is that the database work is done by hand in code not using the VS.net wizards.

If anyone can recommend such a book I'd be most greatful

Regards

Morkai

[283 byte] By [codefund.com] at [2007-12-16]

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# 1

There is a great book on database apps done by Apress called Database Programming with Visual Basic.Net written by Thomsen. However, most of the examples are shown using VS.Net. I too hate using VS.Net, but for winforms, most books are in the VS.Net format. It shouldn't be too hard extracting their examples for use in notepad, etc.

codefund.com at 2007-9-8 >

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# 2

Thanks, I'll check it out - It's not VS.Net I have a problem with, I use it quite happily - its the drag and drop method with datasets and connections etc I don't like.

Maybe it's just me but I find that it just makes things more complicated. When I started learning winforms I had to connect to Paradox using ODBC which meant I couldn't use them anyway so now I'm used to writing it all in code, I'd like to see examples that show me how to do it properly. Even better how to tier it all but I suspect I'm getting out of the average teach yourself's books depth there.

Thanks again

Morkai

codefund.com at 2007-9-8 >

# 3

If that's the case then you should be perfectly fine with this book. It shows the actual code. It deals with all sorts of database includeing SQL, Access, and LDAP.

codefund.com at 2007-9-8 >

# 4

David Sceppa's book from Microsoft Press is most excellent. It's focused mostly on code, with nods to the UI tools when it makes sense.

Please understand, by the way, that the VS.NET "wizards" are just writing code for you. That's all. Nothing more. It's really easy to mix and match -- that is, use the wizards to generate some code, use the code you like, and write the rest. If you're referring to typed datasets, although they're flawed, they really do make things a LOT easier, without much overhead. Worth considering...

codefund.com at 2007-9-8 >

# 5

>If that's the case then you should be perfectly fine with this book. It shows the actual code.
>It deals with all sorts of database includeing SQL, Access, and LDAP.

Thanks, winging its way to me via fedex as I speak along with a book about enterprise development based in vb.net.

Good stuff, thanks again

Morkai

codefund.com at 2007-9-8 >

# 6

>David Sceppa's book from Microsoft Press is most excellent. It's focused mostly on code,
>with nods to the UI tools when it makes sense.

Thanks, its on my list for the next amazon run.

I will play with the wizards again and have another look, at first glance it seemed a lot of overkill, maybe I was just misunderstanding how to use them.

Thanks

Morkai

codefund.com at 2007-9-8 >

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