ADO.NET Programming in Visual Basic .NET, Second Edition
By Steven Holzner,&nbspBob Howell,&nbspRobert Howell,

* Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
* Number Of Pages: 432
* Publication Date: 2002-12-30
* Sales Rank: 831428
* ISBN / ASIN: 0131018817
* EAN: 9780131018815
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Prentice Hall PTR
* Studio: Prentice Hall PTR Review:Love Holzner but despise this book?.

I was looking for a more indepth look at ADO.NET to connect to databases. I thoroughly enjoyed Holzner?s Sam?s book (?Teach Yourself Visual Basic.NET in 21 Days?), but this book is awful. First off, it?s bound up like a paperback novel, the screen shots barely legible at times. I had to break the binding to get it to cooperate while I worked through the examples.
The content was put together decent but in a strange order. You?d be right in the middle of putting something together and then the authors would cut away to another project. I also found some of the ?tone? to be offensive, talking about ?real programmers? and what-not. I highly suspect that to be the co-authors voice, Bob Howell, but there?s no way to know for sure.
Don?t waste your time on this book. Seriously, I?m not just being picky here. I?ve never thrown a book away before but I?m considering doing that, either that or donating it to my library.