Mastering Visual Basic .NET Database Programming

Visual Basic.NET is the most significant upgrade to VB since its first release 10 years ago. It is one of the core pieces of Microsoft's upgrade to Visual Studio, which also includes the new language C SHARP and Visual C++. VB has many new features for database programmers, including an upgrade to ADO (for connecting Web applications to back-end databases) and new XML integration with SQL Server 2000. Currently there are more than 4 million VB programmers (75% of whom create database apps as part of their work), and a large number are expected to upgrade to the new version over the next few years.