(Ebook) Beginning Visual Basic 2005 Databases by Thearon Willis ISBN 9780764588945, 076458894X

(Ebook) Beginning Visual Basic 2005 Databases by Thearon Willis ISBN 9780764588945, 076458894X

As one of the most popular programming languages in the world, Visual Basic continues to expand on the functionality and flexibility of its framework. This book explains how to use Visual Basic 2005 to write efficient database applications that can be used throughout an enterprise.With this teaching tool, you'll learn how to use queries, views, and stored procedures to efficiently access and manipulate data from your applications. You'll get a firm grasp on using ADO.NET as well as OleDb, SQL, and Oracle to access specific databases. Plus, hands-on examples and try-it-out exercises help you put your reading into practice so that with each chapter, you'll gradually build the pieces of a single application.What you will learn from this bookHow ADO.NET continues to evolve as a building block for accessing and manipulating data in relational databasesWays to encrypt and decrypt data, hash passwords, and further secure access to your dataTechniques for accessing your Web Service from both Windows(r) and Web applicationsBest practices for using business logic and data access components to produce report data or update data in your back-end databasesWho this book is forThis book is for developers who want to learn to write database applications and back-end databases, such as Microsoft(r) Access, Microsoft(r) SQL Server, and Oracle(r). Some experience with Visual Basic 2005 is helpful but not required.Wrox Beginning guides are crafted to make learning programming languages and technologies easier than you think, providing a structured, tutorial format that will guide you through all the techniques involved.