| | Visual Studio Magazine - Follow the Top 10 ADO.NET Tips (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) |
 | | Rebuilt from the ground upbut aligned with ADO as much as is possible and sensibleADO.NET makes the transition from a client/server, connection-based model to a model that enables disconnected front ends to download records, work offline, then reconnect to submit changes. |
 | | If you're a former ADO developer who's embraced ADO.NET, you might think of data access in terms of a rather bloated and all-powerful object, such as the Recordset. |
 | | In contrast, you can write data-access code in ADO that exploits the generic pattern of OLE DB providers fully and considers the underlying data source as a mere parameter. |
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