ASP.NET 4 Unleashed

Chapter 19. Building Data Access Components with ADO.NET

In This Chapter

• Connected Data Access

• Disconnected Data Access

• Executing Asynchronous Database Commands

• Building Database Objects with the .NET Framework

• Summary

In the previous chapter, you learned how to use the ObjectDataSource control to bind data controls—such as the GridView or DetailsView controls—to a data access component. In this chapter, we shift focus from the ObjectDataSource control to the topic of building data access components.

This chapter provides you with an overview of ADO.NET, which is the main set of classes included in .NET Framework for working with database data. For example, under the covers, the SqlDataSource control uses ADO.NET classes to retrieve ...