Accessing Data (Visual Studio)

.NET Framework 3.5

Most applications revolve around reading and updating information in databases. To enable data integration in distributed, scalable applications, Visual Studio provides support for integrating data into your applications.

In This Section

Creating Client Data Applications: Discusses aspects of incorporating data access functionality into your applications.
Creating Visual Web Developer Data Applications: Provides links to topics about how to incorporate data into Web applications.
Creating SQL Server 2005 Objects in Managed Code: Provides links to topics that describe what SQL Server projects are, how to create them, and how to add and create SQL Server database objects.
Connecting to Data with Server Explorer/Database Explorer: Describes how to access design-time information about databases by using Server Explorer.
Visual Database Tools: Describes the tools available for creating and maintaining Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle databases.
ADO.NET: Describes the ADO.NET classes, which expose data-access services to the .NET programmer.
Transaction Processing: Describes what transactions are and provides links to topics about how to incorporate transactions into applications.

Reference

ADO.NET: Describes the ADO.NET classes, which expose data-access services to the .NET programmer.
System.Data: Describes the ADO.NET classes, which expose data-access services to the .NET programmer.
System.Transactions: The System.Transactions namespace contains classes that enable you to write your own transactional application and resource manager.

Related Sections

Decision Chart: Provides an interactive guide to help you select which approach or technology to use, in addition to links to more information.
What's New in Data: Discusses data access features that are new in Visual Studio.
Windows Forms Data Architecture: Provides topics on how data binding works in Windows Forms and how to bind controls to a data source.
Accessing Data with ASP.NET: Provides topics on the issues associated with data binding in Web Forms pages and how to bind controls to a data source.
Debugging SQL: Provides information about debugging SQL Server stored procedures, functions, and triggers.
Data Namespaces in Visual Studio: Lists the major namespaces for data and XML and provides links to .NET Framework reference topics about the types (classes, structures, enumerations, delegates, and interfaces) in the namespaces. Also provides links to topics about how to use these namespaces in Visual Basic and Visual C# applications.
Working with Data in Managed Device Projects: Describes how to manage data for devices in Visual Studio.
Data in Office Solutions: Contains links to topics that explain how data works in Office solutions. This includes information about schema-oriented programming, data caching, and server-side data access.
Deploying Applications and Components: Provides links to procedural, conceptual, and step-by-step topics about component deployment.
XML Tools in Visual Studio: Discusses working with XML data, debugging XSLT, .NET Framework XML features, and architecture of XML Query.