Introduction
This twoday instructorled course provides students with the knowledge and skills to access and modify data by using ADO.NET 3.5.
Audience
This course is intended for application developers who know how to create applications in Visual Studio 2005 or 2008.
At Course Completion
After completing this course students will be able to
Describe the purpose and structure of ADO.NET 3.5.
Explain the role of data providers in ADO.NET 3.5.
List the technologies and techniques available for managing data with ADO.NET 3.5.
Insert update and delete data by using ADO.NET Command objects.
Implement transactions to control data integrity and concurrency.
Define and use a DataSet for retrieving data.
Use a DataSet to update a database.
Use a DataSet as a local cache in an occasionally connected environment.
Define LINQ queries for selecting data from an inmemory data structure.
Use LINQ to SQL to query data in a database.
Use LINQ to SQL to modify data and save changes to the database.
Explain how to use the ADO.NET Entity Framework to map a database schema to a logical business model.
Use the ADO.NET Entity Framework to query and manage data.
Explain how Synchronization Services supports occasionallyconnected solutions.
Use Synchronization Services to download data from a SQL Server database.
Use Synchronization Services to upload data to a SQL Server database.
Prerequisites
Before attending this course students should have intermediate experience developing applications by using previous versions of Microsoft Visual Studio at level 200.
Course Outline
Module 1 Getting Started with ADO.NET 3.5
The Structure of ADO.NET 3.5
Connecting to a Database and Retrieving Data
Executing a Simple Query
Executing a Query That Returns a Result Set
Executing a Query That Requires Parameters
Best Practices for Managing Connections and Performing Queries
Module 2 Modifying Data by Using ADO.NET Commands
Inserting Updating and Deleting Data
Managing Data Integrity and Concurrency
Implementing Transactional Updates
Executing Commands Asynchronously
Module 3 Querying and Maintaining Data by Using DataSets
Creating and Using a DataSet to Retrieve Data
Updating a Database by Using a DataSet
Using a DataSet in an Occasionally Connected Environment and Resolving Conflicts
Module 4 Querying and Maintaining Data by Using LINQ
Querying InMemory Data by Using LINQ Query Expressions
Retrieving Data by Using LINQ to SQL
Retrieving Data by Using LINQ to SQL Entity Classes
Modifying Data by Using LINQ to SQL
Module 5 Implementing an Entity Model Using the ADO.NET Entity Framework
Creating an Entity Data Model by Using the ADO.NET Entity Framework
Querying and Modifying Data by Using the ADO.NET Entity Framework
Instantiating and Manipulating Entities by Using Object Services
Module 6 Building Occasionally Connected Solutions by Using Synchronization Services
Understanding Microsoft Synchronization Services
Modifying a Database Schema to Support Synchronization
Downloading Data by Using Synchronization Services
Uploading Data by Using Synchronization Services