Your hands-on, step-by-step guide to building applications with ADO.NET 2.0.Teach yourself the fundamentals of ADO.NET 2.0—one step at a time. With this practical, learn-by-doing tutorial, you get the guidance you need to start creating datacentric applications for Microsoft Windows and the Web.Discover how to:•Work in the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 development environment•Use the ADO.NET 2.0 classes in either Visual Basic or Visual C#•Connect to and manipulate different data sources: Microsoft SQL Server, XML, OLE DB•Create ADO.NET objects at either design time or run time•Use visual design tools•Sort, filter, and manipulate data •Build data-bound Windows Forms and Web Forms•Work with validation controls•Read and write XML data and schemas CD features:•Code samples•Sample databases