Professional ASP.NET 3.5 in C# and Visual Basic Part 2

Professional in C# and Visual Basic Part 2. Building on the revolutionary release, adds several key new developer features including AJAX, LINQ, and a new CSS designer in Visual Web Developer 2008. The dramatic reduction in code that developers realized from the more than 50 new server controls in now allows developers the time to make their applications more interactive with AJAX, to work with data in their preferred language with LINQ, and to build visually attractive and consistent standards-based sites with CSS. . | Contents ListView 350 FormView 360 Other Databound Controls 365 DropDownList ListBox RadioButtonList and CheckBoxList 365 TreeView 366 Ad Rotator 366 Menu 367 Inline Data-Binding Syntax 367 Data-Binding Syntax Changes 368 XML Data Binding 369 Expressions and Expression Builders 369 Summary 375 Chapter 8 Data Management with Basic Features 378 Common Tasks 378 Basic Namespaces and Classes 383 Using the Connection Object 384 Using the Command Object 386 Using the DataReader Object 387 Using Data Adapter 389 Using Parameters 392 Understanding DataSet and DataTable 395 Using Oracle as Your Database with 400 The DataList Server Control 403 Looking at the Available Templates 403 Working with ItemTemplate 404 Working with Other Layout Templates 407 Working with Multiple Columns 409 The ListView Server Control 410 Looking at the Available Templates 410 Using the Templates 411 Creating the Layout Template 412 Creating the ItemTemplate 414 Creating the EditItemTemplate 415 Creating the EmptyItemTemplate 415 Creating the InsertItemTemplate 416 The Results 416 Using Visual Studio for Tasks 419 Creating a Connection to the Data Source 419 Working with a Dataset Designer 422 Using the CustomerOrders DataSet 427 xiv Contents Asynchronous Command Execution Asynchronous Connections Summary 432 454 454 Chapter 9 Querying with LINQ 455 LINQ to Objects Traditional Query Methods Replacing Traditional Queries with LINQ Data Grouping Other LINQ Operators LINQ Joins Paging Using LINQ LINQ to XML JoiningXML Data LINQ to SQL Insert Update and Delete Queries through LINQ Extending LINQ Summary 455 455 464 472 473 473 475 476 479 481 490 494 495 Chapter 10 Working with XML and LINQ to XML 497 The Basics of XML The XML InfoSet XSD-XML Schema Definition EditingXML and XML Schema in Visual Studio 2008 XmlReader and XmlWriter UsingXDocument Rather Than XmlReader Using Schema with XmlTextReader .