Summary

Although you can use Visual Studio .NET's data components, it's important to understand what's going on under the covers. This chapter walked you through managing data in your own code. Along the way, you learned how to do the following:

• Create connection strings

• Use ADO.NET Connection objects to connect to a data source

• Use ADO.NET Command objects to retrieve data from a data source

• Use Command objects to update data using a bulk update SQL statement

• Close Connection objects when you're done working with the data