Provides information about connecting your application to data with design time tools and ADO.NET connection objects, using Visual Studio.

Provides information on connecting to data, and creating data sources, by running the Data Source Configuration Wizard.

Describes how to save connection information in your application.

Describes how to edit existing connection information previously saved in your application.

Describes how to databind to property values in objects using the Data Source Configuration Wizard.

Describes how to create a connection between your application and a database using the Data Source Configuration Wizard.

Describes how to create a connection between your application and the data returned from a Web service using the Data Source Configuration Wizard.

Describes how to create a connection between your application and an Access database using the Data Source Configuration Wizard.

Describes how to create a connection between your application and a SQL Express database using the Data Source Configuration Wizard.

Describes how to create connection strings to SQL Server databases.

Describes how to create connection strings to Access databases.

Describes how to create connection strings to Oracle databases.

Provides step-by-step details for creating a connection between your application and a database.

Provides step-by-step details for creating a connection between your application and a SQL Express database.

Provides step-by-step details for creating a connection between your application and a Web service.

Provides step-by-step details for creating a connection between your application and the properties of an object.

Provides step-by-step details for creating a connection between your application and an Access database file.

Represents a unique session to a SQL Server data source.

Represents the connection string used to connect to a SQL Server database.

Represents a unique connection to a data source.

Represents the connection string used to open an OLE DB data source.

Represents a unique connection to a data source created by using a connection string or ODBC data source name (DSN).

Represents the connection string used to connect to an ODBC data source.

Represents a unique connection to an Oracle database.

Represents the connection string used to connect to an Oracle database.

Describes the ADO.NET classes, which expose data-access services to the .NET programmer.

Describes the ADO.NET classes, which expose data-access services to the .NET programmer.

The System.Transactions namespace contains classes that allow you to write your own transactional application and resource manager.

Provides information on the dialog boxes that are used to create and modify database connections.

Describes the ADO.NET connection object and how to use it to connect to a data source.

Provides links to pages on creating and working with connections to data sources in the Server Explorer/Database Explorer window.

Describes how the .NET Framework Data Provider for SQL Server pools database connections and how you can control the connection-pooling behavior.

Describes the ADO.NET classes, which expose data-access services to the .NET programmer.

Provides links to information on working with data on ASP.NET Web pages.

Describes how to manage data for devices in Visual Studio.

Contains links to topics that explain how data works in Office solutions, including information about schema-oriented programming, data caching, and server-side data access.