4+ Hours of Video Instruction

Data Access in the ASP.NET 2.0 Framework will show you everything you need to know to start building database-driven web applications using the Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 framework and the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 development environment.

Your instructor Stephen Walther–honored by Microsoft as both an ASP.NET MVP and “Software Legend”–guides you through building two fully functional, database-driven applications. Learn at your own pace with video lessons covering every main ASP.NET data access control: GridView, DetailsView, FormView, Repeater, DataList, and SqlDataSource.

One step at a time, you’ll learn how to build robust data access components, provide graceful error handling, handle user concurrency issues, and much more.

Looking for a better way to master today’s rapidly changing programming technologies? Want expert help, but don’t have the time or energy to read a book? Can’t find classroom training worth the money? Discover LiveLessons: self-paced, personal video instruction from the world’s leading experts.

• LiveLessons are video courses, on DVD with a book supplement, that are organized into bite-sized, self-contained sessions–you’ll learn key skills in as little as fifteen minutes!
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Professional author and instructor Stephen Walther provides an introduction to the core concepts of Data Access in the ASP.NET 2.0 Framework. Click play to follow along with Stephen as he explains the ins and outs of creating database-driven dynamic web applications in this LiveLesson.

Workbook Introduction vii

Module 1: Getting Familiar with the Visual Studio 2005 Development Environment 1

Module 2: Creating an Employee Directory Application 7

Module 3: Using the ASP.NET 2.0 Data Access Controls 17

Module 4: Advanced Topics 39

Module 5: Creating a Guestbook Application 43

Bonus 1: An Introduction to SQL: The Language of Databases 49

Bonus 2: An Introduction to the Microsoft ASP.NET Framework 71

About The Author

Stephen Walther has taught ASP.NET at NASA, Lockheed Martin, the National Science Foundation, Verizon, and many other leading organizations. A long-time developer of commercial ASP.NET Web sites, he created Collegescape.com, the site used by Harvard, Stanford, and MIT to accept admission applications. Named a Software Legend by Microsoft, he is the author of ASP.NET Unleashed.