An Introduction to ADO.
Net
Prepared By
Manish Kumar Aery(IM66)
Department of computer Application
IET Bhaddal (Ropar)
Contents
What is ADO.Net?
What happened to ADO?
The ADO.Net object structure
Connecting
Commanding
Readers and DataSets
What is ADO.Net?
The data access classes for the .Net framework
Designed for highly efficient data access
Support for XML and disconnected record sets
And the .Net framework?
A standard cross language interface
Encapsulation of services, classes and data types
Uses XML for data representation
Where does ADO sit?
VB C# C++ Jscript …
Common Language Specification
Visual Studio .NET
ASP.Net Windows Forms
ADO.Net XML.Net
Base Class Library
Common Language Runtime (CLR)
Windows COM+ Services
ADO / ADO.Net Comparisons
Feature ADO ADO.Net
In memory Recordset object Dataset object
data storage Mimics single table Contains DataTables
Data Reads Sequential Sequential or non-
sequential
Data OLE/DB via the Managed provider
Sources Connection object calls the SQL APIs
ADO / ADO.Net Comparisons
Feature ADO ADO.Net
Disconnected Limited support, Strong support,
data suitable for R/O with updating
Passing COM marshalling DataSet support for
datasets XML passing
Scalability Limited Disconnected access
provides scalability
.NET Data Providers
SQL .NET
Data Provider
SQL SERVER
OLE DB .NET
Client Data Provider
OLE DB
Other DB
Provider
ODBC .NET ODBC
Data Provider Driver Other DB
Data Provider Functionality
Client .Net Data Provider
Connection Command
Rows
DataReader
DataSet
DataAdapter database
ADO.Net object model
Fill
DataAdapter DataSet
Update
UpdateCommand
DeleteCommand
SelectCommand
InsertCommand
Errors Collection
Command
Connection Parameters
Data Source
Namespaces
System.Data & System.Data.Common
System.Data.SqlClient &
System.Data.OleDB
System.Data.SqlTypes
System.XML & System.XML.Schema
Using Namespaces
VB.Net
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Data.SqlClient
Dim sqlAdp as SqlDataAdapter
C#
using System.Data;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
SqlDataAdapter sqlAdp= new SqlDataAdapter();
SQL Namespace Objects
using System.Data.SqlClient;
SqlConnection
SqlCommand
SqlDataReader
SqlDataAdapter
SqlParameter
SqlParameterCollection
SqlError
SqlErrorCollection
SqlException
SqlTransaction
SqlDbType
Connecting to SQL
using System.Data.SqlClient;
string sConnectionString =
"Initial Catalog=Northwind;
Data Source=localhost;
Integrated Security=SSPI;";
SqlDataAdapter sqlAdp= new
SqlDataAdapter(sConnectionString);
sqlAdp.Close();
sqlAdp.Dispose();
Connection Pooling
ADO.Net pools connections.
When you close a connection it is released back into a pool.
SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection();
conn.ConnectionString =
"Integrated Security=SSPI;Initial Catalog=northwind";
conn.Open(); // Pool A is created.
SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection();
conn.ConnectionString =
"Integrated Security=SSPI;Initial Catalog=pubs";
conn.Open();
// Pool B is created because the connection strings differ.
SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection();
conn.ConnectionString =
"Integrated Security=SSPI;Initial Catalog=northwind";
conn.Open(); // The connection string matches pool A.
Getting data
SqlCommand
ExecuteReader
ExecuteNonQuery
ExecuteScalar
ExecuteXMLReader
SqlDataAdapter
DataSet
Using the command object
SqlCommand
Multiple constructors
New()
New(cmdText)
New(cmdText, connection)
New(cmdText, connection,
transaction)
Using the command object
string sSelectQuery =
"SELECT * FROM Categories ORDER BY CategoryID";
string sConnectionString =
"Initial Catalog=Northwind;
Data Source=localhost;
Integrated Security=SSPI;";
SqlConnection objConnect = new SqlConnection(sConnectString);
SqlCommand objCommand = new SqlCommand(sSelectQuery,
objConnect);
/*
objCommand.CommandTimeout = 15;
objCommand.CommandType = CommandType.Text;
*/
objConnect.Open();
SqlDataReader drResults;
drResults = objCommand.ExecuteReader()
drResults.Close();
objConnect.Dispose();
Command Methods
.ExecuteReader() - Returns DataReader
.ExecuteNonQuery() - Returns # of Rows Affected
Returns XMLReader Object to Read
.ExecuteXMLReader() -
XML documentation
.ExecuteScaler() - Returns a Single Value e.g. SQL SUM
function.
The DataReader object
DataReader objects are highly optimised for fast, forward only
enumeration of data from a data command
A DataReader is not disconnected
The DataReader object
Access to data is on a per record basis.
Forward only
Read only
Does support multiple recordsets
Creating a data reader
SqlDataReader sqlReader;
sqlReader = sqlCommand.ExecuteReader();
while (sqlReader.Read())
{
// process, sqlReader("field")
}
sqlReader.Dispose();
Other Methods
GetString(), GetInt() etc.
GetSqlString(), GetSqlInt32() etc.
GetValues()
IsDBNull()
GetSchemaTable()
DataSets
In-memory representation of data contained in a database/XML
Operations are performed on the DataSet, not the data source
Can be created programmatically, using a DataAdapter or XML schema
and document (or any mixture)
Creating DataSets
Setup SqlConnection
Setup a SqlDataAdapter
Create a DataSet
Call the .Fill() method on the DA
DataAdapters
Pipeline between DataSets and data sources
Geared towards functionality rather than speed
Disconnected by design
Supports select, insert, delete, update commands and methods
DataAdapters
Must always specify a select command
All other commands can be generated or specified
Using the DataAdapter
SQLDataAdapter sqlDA =
new SqlDataAdapter();
sqlDA.SelectCommand =
new SqlCommand ("select * from
authors“, sqlConnection);
DataSet sqlDS = new
DataSet("authorsTable");
sqlDA.Fill(sqlDS, "authorsTable");
DataAdapters
For speed and efficiency you should set your own InsertCommand,
UpdateCommand and DeleteCommand
Call GetChanges to seperates the updates, adds and deletes since the
last sync. Then sync each type.
DataTables
A DataSet contains one or more DataTables.
Fields are held within the DataTable.
And in DataRows, DataColumns.
Sets, Tables and Rows
DataSet
DataTable
DataTable
DataRow
DataRow
Using DataTables
With a DataTable we can
Insert, modify and update
Search
Apply views
Compare
Clear
Clone and Copy
DataRelations
New to ADO.Net
Tables within a DataSet can now have relationships, with integrity.
Supports cascading updates and deletes.
DataViews
Like a SQL view
Single, or multiple tables
Normally used with GUI applications via Data Binding.
Thank You!!
