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.NET Core in Action
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.NET Core in Action

by Dustin Metzgar
July 2018
Intermediate to advanced
288 pages
9h 25m
English
Manning Publications
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Chapter 5. Working with relational databases

This chapter covers

  • Accessing databases with .NET Standard System.Data classes
  • Using the SQLite in-memory database
  • Transforming data between objects and tables
  • Unit testing data-access code

Widget Corporation needs to keep better track of their supply chain, so they hire you to transform their paper-based process into software. You find that each part used in the manufacturing process comes from a different supplier, and that Widget Corp. is having trouble ordering the right supplies at the right time.

To solve this problem, you decide to use a relational database. The database will persist data, making it resilient to shutdown or power failure. It will enforce relationships between data, so ...

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