Learn how to use Microsoft's .NET Entity Framework to connect to, consume and update an Advantage database.
Using the ADO.NET Entity Framework with the Advantage Database Server
Published 03/24/2010
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Importing Data into SQL Server
Published 10/02/2007
by William R. Vaughn - Having problems importing large amounts of data? ADO.NET has only one method designed to help with this task: the SqlBulkCopy class exposed in ADO.NET 2.0.
What's New in ADO.NET 2.0 for SQL Developers
Published 04/04/2005
ADO.NET 2.0 introduces enhancements to the .NET provider model and SQL Server managed provider, which go a long way towards getting better support for specific database features within the boundaries of a common object model.
ADO.NET Basics
Published 02/12/2004
Logic dictates that we take a minute to familiarize ourselves with the terms and classes that implement this technology. This book excerpt is a primer for the terminology and main classes associated with disconnected data.
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MFC Integration with the Windows Transactional File System (TxF)
Published 04/18/2011
The Transactional File System (TxF), which allows access to an NTFS file system to be conducted in a transacted manner through extensions to the Windows SDK API. MFC 10, has been extended to support TxF and related technologies. This support allows existing MFC applications to be easily extended to support kernel transactions.
.NET Framework: Collections and Generics
Published 06/23/2011
The original release of the .NET Framework included collections as .NET was introduced to the Microsoft programming world. The .NET Framework 2.0 introduced generics to complement the System.Collections namespace and provide a more efficient and well performing option. Read on to learn more...
A Quick Way to Add AutoComplete to a VB.NET 2012 TextBox
Published 03/20/2013
The question has been asked whether or not it was possible to have a textbox that can be automatically filled in with the previous URL history, similar to what can be found in any decent web browser. And the answer is...
ALM Tools for Developers in Visual Studio 2012
Published 03/18/2013
Although coding is the primary responsibility of a developer, there are many other application lifecycle management activities that need to be performed with the code. V. N. S. Arun takes a look at the list of features offered by Visual Studio 2012 for the Application Lifecycle Management (ALM).
