Loaded with code examples and practical solutions, this encyclopedic treatment includes all aspects of programming a database with SQL (Subsequent Server Language) 2005 and pulling the data into an application developed using VB 208. Master practitioners Agarwal and Huddleston also call in important new .NET 3.5 technologies, such as Windows Presentation Framework (WPF) and Language Integrated Query (LINQ), focusing on the tools everyone needs to complete day-to-day projects as they describe tools, relational databases, database queries, manipulation of data, stored procedures, XML, transactions, ADO.NET, connections, commands, data readers, data sets, data adapters, forms applications, ASP.NET applications, exceptions, events, and text and binary data. Illustrations, including screen captures, are remarkably clean and helpful, and the authors include summaries suitable for classroom use or in self-study. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)