Course Schedule:
| Location |
Days |
Course dates |
Duration |
Cost (ex GST) |
Availability |
Enrol Here |
| City |
Wed - Fri |
26 - 27 Nov 2008 |
2 days |
1080.00 |
Open |
Corporate Group / Individual |
Overview:
This course will provide you with the knowledge and skills needed to use advanced data access features and techniques in the Microsoft .NET Framework and Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. It describes how to access data and how to implement database functionality by using Microsoft ADO.NET 2.0 and Microsoft SQL Server 2005. The course also describes how to locate, edit, and transform XML by using XPath and Extensible Style sheet Language for Transformations (XSLT).
Learning method:
This course will be presented in a lecture/tutorial sessions using a combination of lectures, group discussions and practical exercises. Each student will be provided with a comprehensive set of course notes.
This hands-on course combines exercises and practical work to solidify your learning.
Who will benefit from this course?
This course is intended for corporate and Independent Software Vendor (ISV) application developers who have a desire to learn more about specific technology areas in distributed application development.
Pre-requisites:
Before attending this course, you must:
- have completed Course 2541: Core Data Access with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, or possess equivalent knowledge and skills
- know how to use delegates
- be able to use database stored procedures, triggers, and aggregates
- be able to explain XPath concepts and basic syntax
What can you expect to gain from this course?
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- minimise and handle database operation conflicts
- handle large objects
- enhance database performance
- create managed code objects for SQL Server 2005
- query XML by using XPath
- transform XML by using XSLT style sheets
Course content:
Module 1:Minimising and Handling Database Operation Conflicts
- This unit describes how to minimise data access conflicts, and how to handle these conflicts when they occur. It describes how to implement optimistic concurrency in the ADO.NET disconnected model, and how to implement optimistic concurrency by using the various isolation levels available in SQL Server 2005
Module 2:Handling Large Objects
- This unit describes how to read and write large values efficiently to a SQL Server database. It describes how to read large binary values and large text values by using SequentialAccess for a SqlDataReader. It also describes how to write large binary values and large text values, and how to conserve resources when writing large values
Module 3:Enhancing Database Performance
- This unit describes how to enhance database performance by using new features available in ADO.NET 2.0. The unit describes how to perform asynchronous data operations, create multiple active result sets, perform batch updates, and perform bulk copies
Module 4:Creating Managed Code Objects for SQL Server 2005
- This unit describes how to create database objects for SQL Server 2005 in a .NET Framework programming language. It describes how to create stored procedures, triggers, user-defined functions, aggregates, and user-defined types in managed code. Additionally, it describes how to deploy an assembly that contains managed objects into SQL Server 2005, and how to declare database objects to reference the managed objects
Module 5:Querying XML by Using XPath
- This unit describes how to use XPath in a .NET Framework application. It describes how to create an XPathNavigator object on an XML document, and how to locate content and evaluate expressions by using the XPathNavigator object. Additionally, it describes how to edit XML data by using the XPathNavigator object
Module 6:Transforming XML by Using XSLT Style Sheets
- This unit describes how to transform XML documents in a .NET Framework application. It introduces how to load an XSLT style sheet in an application, and how to execute the style sheet to transform an XML document. The unit also describes how to pass parameters into a style sheet, and how to create and use extension objects