ABSTRACT
In Depth ADO.NET provides a means for both representing in memory pools of relational data (DataSet/DataTable classes) and for populating these pools with database data. The latter task is accomplished by ADO.NET data providers. In this chapter you will learn how to use ADO.NET data providers in general (System::Data::Common namespace) and OLE DB (System: :Data::01eDb) and SQL Server (System: :Data::SqlServer) providers, specifically to retrieve and update database data.
