Managing ADO.NET 4 Connections and Commands with Visual Basic 2010


Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
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Overview/Description
ADO.NET connections and commands are crucial components of building data-driven applications. This course examines managing connections using connection pools and configuration files, as well as stored procedures, and using generic data-access code to establish a connection. Specific topics covered include optimizing ADO.NET connections and commands, ADO.NET transactions, and working with Multiple Active Result Sets (MARS) and asynchronous commands. This course is one of a series in the SkillSoft learning path that covers the objectives for the Technology Specialist: Accessing Data with Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Exam 70-516. Passing this exam will earn the learner credit towards the MCTS: .NET Framework 4, Data Access certification.

Target Audience
All organizations or individual consultants who are building or intend to build .NET Framework 4 applications with ADO.NET, Visual Studio 2010 and Visual Basic 2010; corporate employees, consultants, and university or college students who are preparing for the Technology Specialist (TS): Accessing Data with Microsoft .NET Framework 4 exam (70-516).

Prerequisites
Thorough knowledge of software-development concepts and the process of building business applications; experience building data applications with the Microsoft .NET Framework; working experience of Visual Studio 2010, Visual Basic 2010, and ADO.NET 4.

Expected Duration (hours)
3.0

Lesson Objectives

Managing ADO.NET 4 Connections and Commands with Visual Basic 2010

  • identify ways to pool connections
  • recognize the steps for retrieving a connection string from a configuration file
  • identify the steps for monitoring connection resources
  • recognize the code for using parameters with SQL statements
  • recognize the steps for using the ExecuteNonQuery method
  • identify the steps for creating a stored procedure with parameters
  • recognize how to use the DBProviderFactory, DbConnection, DbCommand, and DbException objects
  • identify the steps for using generic data access code to retrieve provider information
  • retrieve a connection string from a configuration file, based on a provider name
  • create a DBProviderFactory and DBConnection
  • create a DBCommand object
  • handle data source errors
  • recognize how the .NET Framework APIs can be used to configure transactions
  • identify the code for implementing implicit and explicit transactions and for managing concurrency
  • recognize the ways for managing and implementing transactions using the System.Transactions namespace
  • implement an asynchronous explicit transaction
  • implement an implicit transaction
  • implement concurrency
  • recognize the steps and considerations for enabling and using MARS
  • identify the code for using MARS to manipulate data
  • identify the uses of asynchronous design patterns in a given scenario
  • recognize how to poll an asynchronous operation, implement a callback, and monitor asynchronous operations
  • recognize the code for manipulating large objects
  • identify the code for moving large amounts of data
  • identify the benefits and uses of the SqlBulkCopy class
  • identify the code for populating a table-valued parameter
  • work with MARS, asynchronous commands, and special data types

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