20/04/2006 - What's New in ADO.NET 2.0 and SqlClient? (By: Mr. Alex Homer)
Mr. Alex Homer (International .NET Association (INETA))
ADO.NET in version 2.0 of the .NET Framework is more an evolution than a revolution. Yet there are many exciting new features, and enhancements of existing classes that make it easier to accomplish common data access tasks and get better performance at the same time. This session summarizes all of the new SqlClient features that work with SQL Server 2000 onwards, and looks in detail at those that are especially exciting - such as asynchronous data access, promotable transactions, provider-independent code, the new database schema API, the changes to the DataSet and DataTable classes, and more.
If Alex has the time, he will also go on to address 'Localization Support for Multiple Languages'. ASP.NET 2.0 makes it easy to build support for multiple langauges into your Web sites and applications. This session shows how to create the resource files and apply them using Visual Studio to existing Web pages.