Assuming only basic knowledge of C#, Beginning C# 2012 Databases teaches all the fundamentals of database technology and database programming readers need to quickly become highly proficient database users and application developers. A comprehensive tutorial on both SQL Server 2012 and .NET 4.5, Beginning C# 2012 Databases explains and demonstrates how to create database objects and program against them in both T SQL and C#. Full of practical, detailed examples, it's been fully revised and updated for C# 2012 and .NET 4.5 and offers the most complete, detailed, and gentle introduction to database technology for all C# programmers at any level of experience.
* Comprehensively and concisely explains fundamental database concepts and programming techniques
* Rich in working examples of both T SQL and C# programs
* Covers all the features most database programming ever requires
What you'll learn:
* How relational databases work and how to use them
* How C# 2012 uses various techniques to access databases
* How to write stored procedures in T SQL and call them from C# 2012 programs
* How to use XML in database applications
* How to use LINQ to simplify C# database programming
* How to install SQL Server 2005 Express and Visual C# 3.0 Express and use them to teach yourself database programming