this print for content only—size & color not accurate spine = 0.9682" 512 page count Books for professionals By professionals ® Beginning C# 2008 Databases: From Novice to Professional Dear Reader, This book focuses on accessing databases using C# 2008 as a development tool in conjunction with the new release of Visual Studio 2008 and.NET Framework 3.5. This book will walk you through all the aspects of programming a database with SQL Server 2005, pulling the data to an application developed using C# 2008. As you work your way through this book, you get a chance to explore the concepts covered by creating sample applications in “Try It Out” sections, which will help you to apply what you learn to your real-world applications. Following the sample applications, I explain each code statement in “How It Works” sections to help you understand the code. I hope that you will achieve not only knowledge of C# 2008, but also knowledge of SQL Server 2005. 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Cheers, Vidya Vrat Agarwal Vidya Vrat Agarwal, author of Beginning VB 2008 Databases: From Novice to Professional US $39.99 Shelve in Programming Languages/C# User level: Beginner–Intermediate Agarwal, Huddleston C# 2008 Databases The eXperT’s Voice ® in .neT Beginning C# 2008 Databases From Novice to Professional cyan MaGenTa yelloW Black panTone 123 c Vidya Vrat Agarwal and James Huddleston Ranga Raghuram, Syed Fahad Gilani, Jacob Hammer Pedersen, and Jon Reid Companion eBook Available THE APRESS ROADMAP Expert C# 2008 Business Objects, Third Edition Pro C# 2008 and the .NET 3.5 Platform, Fourth Edition Beginning C# 2008 Databases: From Novice to Professional www.apress.com SOURCE CODE ONLINE Companion eBook See last page for details on $10 eBook version ISBN-13: 978-1-59059-900-6 ISBN-10: 1-59059-900-4 9 781590 599006 5 3 9 9 9 What every C# programmer needs to know about SQL Server 2005, T-SQL, ADO.NET 3.5, and LINQ James Huddleston, author of Beginning VB 2005 Databases: From Novice to Professional Beginning C# 2005 Databases: From Novice to Professional Beginning [...]... 11 1 Try It Out: Executing a Stored Procedure with Parameters 11 1 How It Works 11 4 Deleting Stored Procedures 11 5 Try It Out: Deleting a Stored Procedure 11 5 How It Works 11 6 Summary 11 7 s... 10 2 Modifying Stored Procedures 10 3 Try It Out: Modifying the Stored Procedure 10 3 How It Works 10 5 9004fmfinal.qxd 12 /14 /07 11 :10 AM Page xi sCONTENTS Displaying Definitions of Stored Procedures 10 6 Try It Out: Viewing the Definition of Your Stored Procedure 10 6 How... Constructor 210 How It Works 211 Associating a Command with a Connection 211 Assigning Text to a Command 213 xiii 9004fmfinal.qxd xiv 12 /14 /07 11 :10 AM Page xiv sCONTENTS Executing Commands 215 Try It Out: Using the ExecuteScalar Method 216 ... machine’s desktop), and click Save 4 When the download is complete, click Close 5 Now run the AdventureWorksDB.msi file to start the installation process A message box will be followed by the Welcome window (see Figure 1- 9) Click Next Figure 1- 9 AdventureWorks InstallShield Wizard Welcome window 9 9004ch01final.qxd 12 /13 /07 4:23 PM Page 11 CHAPTER 1 s GETTING YOUR TOOLS Figure 1- 11 Connecting to the server... Server Management Studio Express will open as shown in Figure 1- 12 Rightclick the Databases node in Object Explorer (located on the left side), and click Attach in the context menu Figure 1- 12 SQL Server Management Studio Express 3 In Attach Database window, click Add 11 9004ch01final.qxd 12 12 /13 /07 4:23 PM Page 12 CHAPTER 1 s GETTING YOUR TOOLS 4 In the Locate Database Files window, select the file... 13 3 Summary 13 3 73ed30358d 714 f26dd2d9c 015 9f8cfe0 xi 9004fmfinal.qxd xii 12 /14 /07 11 :10 AM Page xii sCONTENTS s CHAPTER 8 Understanding Transactions 13 5 What Is a Transaction? 13 5 When to Use Transactions 13 6 Understanding... 12 3 Using FOR XML RAW 12 4 Using FOR XML AUTO 12 8 Using the xml Data Type 13 0 Try It Out: Creating a Table to Store XML 13 0 How It Works 13 1 Try It Out: Storing and Retrieving XML Documents 13 1 How It... sqlcmd interactively 1 At the command prompt, enter the following command, which runs sqlcmd and connects to the SQLEXPRESS instance (see Figure 1- 6): sqlcmd -S \sqlexpress Figure 1- 6 Connecting to SQLEXPRESS with sqlcmd 7 9004ch01final.qxd 8 12 /13 /07 4:23 PM Page 8 CHAPTER 1 s GETTING YOUR TOOLS 2 At the sqlcmd prompt (1> ), enter the following T-SQL: use northwind select count(*) from employees go The... gratitude to those two who are an integral part of my life for accompanying me throughout the eight-month journey of completing this book: my wife, Rupali, and my two-year-old daughter, Vamika (“Pearly”) Many thanks to you for xxv 9004fmfinal.qxd 12 /14 /07 11 :10 AM Page xxvii Introduction B ecause most real-world applications interact with data stored in relational databases, every C# programmer needs to know... this file to a location on your host PC (such as on the desktop) When the download of the file is complete, click Close 5 Run the SQLServer2005_SSMSEE.msi setup file to start the installation process The Welcome window shown in Figure 1- 1 will appear Click Next Figure 1- 1 Welcome window for installing SQL Server Management Studio Express 3 9004ch01final.qxd 4 12 /13 /07 4:23 PM Page 4 CHAPTER 1 s GETTING . Huddleston Ranga Raghuram, Syed Fahad Gilani, Jacob Hammer Pedersen, and Jon Reid Beginning C# 2008 Databases From Novice to Professional 9004fmfinal.qxd 12 /14 /07 11 :10 AM Page i Beginning C# 2008. LINQ James Huddleston, author of Beginning VB 2005 Databases: From Novice to Professional Beginning C# 2005 Databases: From Novice to Professional Beginning