April 2002
ADO.NET is very different from the ADO data-access model. But you don't need to give up your existing applications when you switch to .NET. Learn how you can use your ADO code from within ADO.NET to extend the life of your applications.
SQL Server Magazine
April 2002
Here are some important differences between VB and Visual Basic .NET that you need to know about.
SQL Server Magazine
January 8, 2002
Dino Esposito explains how the DiffGram format is different from other XML formats.
SQL Server Magazine
December 11, 2001
Author Dino Esposito explains how the .NET Framework and the .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR) can greatly assist you in designing error-resistant software.
SQL Server Magazine
November 27, 2001
Dino Esposito provides tips for writing code to institute serialization for a DataTable or a DataView class.
SQL Server Magazine
October 25, 2001
Data binding is crucial in Web applications, and ASP.NET's data-binding capability far surpasses ASP's.
Windows IT Pro
October 17, 2001
Learn how to use the XmlValidatingReader class in .NET to validate data.
SQL Server Magazine
August 21, 2001
Learn how and when to use XML writers.
SQL Server Magazine
June 26, 2001
Dino Esposito examines the methods the XmlTextReader provides that let you jump from node to node.
SQL Server Magazine
May 29, 2001
The .NET Framework provides a new approach to XML documents--XML readers--that falls somewhere between XMLDOM and SAX.
SQL Server Magazine
June 2001
You've heard about ADO's data-access object model for server platforms based on Windows 2000 and Windows NT. Now learn about ADO.NET for .NET-enabled platforms.
SQL Server Magazine
June 2001
Managed providers, a new type of data provider, are the only direct ADO.NET way to access data sources.
SQL Server Magazine
May 1, 2001
With XML direct browsing, XML is automatically processed on the client, leaving the server free to fulfill other incoming requests.
SQL Server Magazine
April 3, 2001
Dino Esposito discusses writing a Visual Basic (VB) application that works with Simple API for XML (SAX).
SQL Server Magazine
March 20, 2001
Take a brief look at how a Simple API for XML (SAX) parser works on XML documents.
SQL Server Magazine
March 6, 2001
Learn the basic differences between two types of XML parsers.
SQL Server Magazine
February 20, 2001
Begin to explore Simple API for XML (SAX), an XML parser that follows a different logic from XMLCOM parsers.
SQL Server Magazine
February 13, 2001
Here's an overview of the specifications for XML Query Language, which is simpler than XSLT, has a richer syntax than XPath, and could be more powerful than either.
SQL Server Magazine
February 6, 2001
Dino Esposito examines the XPath syntax as Microsoft has implemented it in Microsoft XML Parser (MSXML) 3.0 and the .NET platform.
SQL Server Magazine
February 1, 2001
Dino Esposito examines ADO.NET and discuss why it really is what you need at this stage of the Windows evolution.
Windows IT Pro
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