Murach's ADO.NET 4 Database Programming with C# 2010

If you know the basics of C# this book will have you using ADO.NET to develop full-featured database applications as quickly as possible. It covers all the crucial ADO.NET skills for both Windows and web applications including (among other things) a short database primer for beginners data tools that let you bind data to controls to save you hours of coding SQL queries database classes for 3-layer applications XML handling LINQ to SQL querying database handling with LINQ to Entities under the Entity Framework and the most practical coverage of Visual Studio s reporting tools that we ve seen.