Any programmer creating web applications needs to understand database programming. Mastering C# Database Programming helps you attain this valuable skill with Microsoft's hot new object-oriented programming language, specifically designed for the .NET platform. This book is your logical next step after Mastering Visual C# .NET or Visual C# .NET Programming. It provides focused coverage of ADO and how it relates to C#, also tackling other complex topics including transactions, Windows forms, Web Forms, XML, and Web Services. This book is ideal for veteran C# programmers who want to learn database programming, as well as Visual C++ and VB programmers who are learning C#.