Visual Basic 2005 For Dummies
By Bill Sempf
ISBN: 978-0-7645-7728-4
Format: Paper
Pages: 384 Pages
Pub. Date: November 2005 by Wiley Pub, Inc.


Visual Basic .NET Black Book
First Edition: December 2001
by Steven Holzner ISBN:1932111042
Paraglyph Press © 2002 (1184 pages)
Covers Visual Basic.NET tips, examples, and how-tos on everything from programming to managing the development of Visual Basic applications, and provides in-depth material on the new object-oriented features of Visual Basic .NET.


Visual Basic .NET Power Tools
Evangelos Petroutsos, Richard Mansfield
ISBN: 978-0-7821-4242-6
694 pages, Sybex, November 2003


Visual Basic 2005 Jumpstart
By Wei-Meng Lee
Publisher: O'Reilly
Pub Date: September 2005
ISBN: 0-596-10071-X
Pages: 214
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By James Huddleston, Ranga Raghuram, Scott Allen, Syed Fahad Gilani, Jacob Hammer Pedersen, Jon Reid
ISBN10: 1-59059-810-5
ISBN13: 978-1-59059-810-8
491 pp.
Published on Feb 2007

Beginning Visual Basic 2005 Databases teaches you everything you need to know about relational databases, SQL, and ADO.NET 2.0, giving you a sound start in developing console and Windows database applications. The book also includes chapters on the new SQL Server XML data type and the forthcoming LINQ enhancements to the next version of Visual Basic.

In addition to teaching you database basics like using SQL to communicate with databases, this book provides you with detailed, code-practical techniques to access data in VB 2005 across a range of coding situations. Code-heavy and full of practical detail, this book has been fully revised and upgraded for .NET 2.0 and offers you the best contemporary practice in this core programming area, so that youll find yourself using it in nearly all your .NET projects.

* Provides step-by-step instructions on how to install and configure necessary tools
* Presents all essential SQL query and update concepts and syntax, so you neednt have prior familiarity with relational databases or SQL
* Describes how to use ADO.NET transactions, exceptions, and events
* Covers ADO.NET features for handling XML, text, and binary data within a VB 2005 context
* Explains all concepts through straightforward code examples

Author Information

James Huddleston

James Huddleston has worked with computers since 1974, specializing in database design and development since 1980. He has a bachelor’s degree in Latin and Greek from the University of Pennsylvania and a juris doctor degree from the University of Pittsburgh. A technical reviewer of dozens of computer books, including Beginning C# Objects: From Concepts to Code, he finds databases an endlessly fascinating area of work and almost as intellectually rewarding as his hobby: translating Homer’s “Iliad” and “Odyssey” from the original Greek.

Ranga Raghuram

Ranga Raghuram has a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Birla Institute of Technology and Science in Pilani, India, and a master’s degree from Virginia Tech in Virginia.

Scott Allen

Scott Allen has a master’s degree in computer science from Shippensburg University. He’s a Microsoft Certified Solution Developer. And he regularly serves as an adjunct faculty member at various colleges in Maryland and Pennsylvania.

Syed Fahad Gilani

Syed Fahad Gilani has more than 15 years of experience in computing. He sold his first program at the age of ten.

Jacob Hammer Pedersen

Jacob Hammer Pedersen started programming in the early 1990s, moving gradually from Pascal to C++ to Visual Basic. In the summer of 2000, he discovered C# and has explored it happily ever since.

Jon Reid

Jon Reid was editor for the C++ and Object Query Language components of the Object Data Management Group standard, and has co-authored several C# books.


Database Access with Visual Basic® .NET, Third Edition
By Jeffrey P. McManus, Jackie Goldstein

Publisher : Addison Wesley
Pub Date : February 14, 2003
ISBN : 0-672-32343-5
Pages : 464

Database Access with Visual Basic .NET continues to use techniques developed by Jeffrey McManus that provide solutions to problems faced by developers every day. Since data access is the most used feature in corporate development, it is important for developers to understand the most effective and efficient way to access data using .NET technologies. This book provides clear explanations of how to use ADO.NET to access data stored in relational databases, as well as how XML integrates with ADO.NET. The authors use their years of experience to relate key topics to real-world applications through use of Business Cases that include code listings in Visual Basic .NET.