Data Walkthroughs
These step-by-step topics cover common data scenarios for client and middle tier applications.
- Walkthrough: Adding Validation to a Dataset
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Provides step by step information for adding validation code to a dataset.
- Walkthrough: Connecting to Data in a Database
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Provides step by step details for creating a connection between your application and a database.
- Walkthrough: Connecting to Data in a SQL Server Express Database
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Provides step by step details for creating a connection between your application and a SQL Express database.
- Walkthrough: Connecting to Data in a Web Service
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Provides step by step details for creating a connection between your application and a Web service.
- Walkthrough: Connecting to Data in an Access Database
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Provides step by step details for creating a connection between your application and an Access database file.
- Walkthrough: Connecting to Data in Objects
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Provides step by step details for creating a connection between your application and the properties of an object.
- Walkthrough: Creating a Dataset with the Dataset Designer
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Provides step-by-step instructions for creating a typed dataset without the help of the Data Source Configuration Wizard.
- Walkthrough: Creating a DataTable in the Dataset Designer
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Provides step-by-step instructions for creating a DataTable and defining the DataColumn that make up its structure.
- Walkthrough: Creating a Form to Search Data in a Windows Application
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Provides step by step details on creating a Windows Form that searches for records in a database based on values input by a user.
- Walkthrough: Creating a Lookup Table
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Provides step by step details on displaying data from one table based on the data selected in another table.
- Walkthrough: Creating a Relationship between Data Tables
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Provides step-by-step instructions for creating two data tables with the Dataset Designer and adding a relation between them.
- Walkthrough: Creating a Simple Data Application
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Provides step by step instructions for creating an application that displays data from a database.
- Walkthrough: Creating a SQL Server Express Database
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Provides step by step instructions for creating a SQL Server Express database.
- Walkthrough: Creating a TableAdapter with Multiple Queries
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Provides step-by-step instructions for creating a TableAdapter and adding a query to it.
- Walkthrough: Creating a User Control that Supports Simple Data Binding
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Provides step-by-step details on creating a custom control that can be used in the Data Sources window.
- Walkthrough: Creating a User Control that Supports Complex Data Binding
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Provides step-by-step details on creating a custom control that can be used in the Data Sources window.
- Walkthrough: Creating a User Control that Supports Lookup Databinding
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Provides step-by-step details on creating a custom control that can be used in the Data Sources window.
- Walkthrough: Displaying Data on a Form in a Windows Application
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Provides links to topics that explain how to display data on Windows Forms through data-bound controls.
- Walkthrough: Displaying Related Data on a Form in a Windows Application
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Provides step-by-step details on displaying data from two related tables and displaying the data on a Windows Form.
- Walkthrough: Filling a Dataset with Data
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Provides details for creating a dataset and populating it with data from a database.
- Walkthrough: Handling a Concurrency Exception
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Provides step-by-step instructions for identifying and resolving a concurrency error.
- Walkthrough: Passing Data Between Forms in a Windows Application
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Provides step-by-step details on passing values from one form to a second form in an application.
- Walkthrough: Reading XML Data into a Dataset
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Provides details for creating a Windows application that loads XML data into a dataset and then displays the dataset in a DataGridView control.
- Walkthrough: Saving Data in a Transaction
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Provides step by step details for saving data using the System.Transactions namespace.
- Walkthrough: Saving Data to a Database (Single Table)
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Provides step by step details for saving modified data in a data table to the underlying database.
- Walkthrough: Saving Data to a Database (Multiple Tables)
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Provides step by step details for saving modified data in two related data tables to the underlying database.
- Walkthrough: Saving Data with the TableAdapter DBDirect Methods
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Provides step by step instructions for directly sending commands to a database.
- ADO.NET
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Describes the ADO.NET classes, which expose data-access services to the .NET programmer.
- Working with Data in Managed Device Projects
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Describes how to manage data for devices in Visual Studio.
- Data in Office Solutions
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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.