Data Walkthroughs

These step-by-step topics cover common data scenarios for client and middle tier applications.

In This Section

• Walkthrough: Adding Validation to a Dataset
  Provides step by step information for adding validation code to a dataset.

• Walkthrough: Connecting to Data in a Database
  Provides step by step details for creating a connection between your application and a database.

• Walkthrough: Connecting to Data in a SQL Server Express Database
  Provides step by step details for creating a connection between your application and a SQL Express database.

• Walkthrough: Connecting to Data in a Web Service
  Provides step by step details for creating a connection between your application and a Web service.

• Walkthrough: Connecting to Data in an Access Database
  Provides step by step details for creating a connection between your application and an Access database file.

• Walkthrough: Connecting to Data in Objects
  Provides step by step details for creating a connection between your application and the properties of an object.

• Walkthrough: Creating a Dataset with the Dataset Designer
  Provides step-by-step instructions for creating a typed dataset without the help of the Data Source Configuration Wizard.

• Walkthrough: Creating a DataTable in the Dataset Designer
  Provides step-by-step instructions for creating a DataTable and defining the DataColumn that make up its structure.

• Walkthrough: Creating a Form to Search Data in a Windows Application
  Provides step by step details on creating a Windows Form that searches for records in a database based on values input by a user.

• Walkthrough: Creating a Lookup Table
  Provides step by step details on displaying data from one table based on the data selected in another table.

• Walkthrough: Creating a Relationship between Data Tables
  Provides step-by-step instructions for creating two data tables with the Dataset Designer and adding a relation between them.

• Walkthrough: Creating a Simple Data Application
  Provides step by step instructions for creating an application that displays data from a database.

• Walkthrough: Creating a SQL Server Express Database
  Provides step by step instructions for creating a SQL Server Express database.

• Walkthrough: Creating a TableAdapter with Multiple Queries
  Provides step-by-step instructions for creating a TableAdapter and adding a query to it.

• Walkthrough: Creating a User Control that Supports Simple Data Binding
  Provides step-by-step details on creating a custom control that can be used in the Data Sources window.

• Walkthrough: Creating a User Control that Supports Complex Data Binding
  Provides step-by-step details on creating a custom control that can be used in the Data Sources window.

• Walkthrough: Creating a User Control that Supports Lookup Databinding
  Provides step-by-step details on creating a custom control that can be used in the Data Sources window.

• Walkthrough: Displaying Data on a Form in a Windows Application
  Provides links to topics that explain how to display data on Windows Forms through data-bound controls.

• Walkthrough: Displaying Related Data on a Form in a Windows Application
  Provides step-by-step details on displaying data from two related tables and displaying the data on a Windows Form.

• Walkthrough: Filling a Dataset with Data
  Provides details for creating a dataset and populating it with data from a database.

• Walkthrough: Handling a Concurrency Exception
  Provides step-by-step instructions for identifying and resolving a concurrency error.

• Walkthrough: Passing Data Between Forms in a Windows Application
  Provides step-by-step details on passing values from one form to a second form in an application.

• Walkthrough: Reading XML Data into a Dataset
  Provides details for creating a Windows application that loads XML data into a dataset and then displays the dataset in a DataGridView control.

• Walkthrough: Saving Data in a Transaction
  Provides step by step details for saving data using the System.Transactions namespace.

• Walkthrough: Saving Data to a Database (Single Table)
  Provides step by step details for saving modified data in a data table to the underlying database.

• Walkthrough: Saving Data to a Database (Multiple Tables)
  Provides step by step details for saving modified data in two related data tables to the underlying database.

• Walkthrough: Saving Data with the TableAdapter DBDirect Methods
  Provides step by step instructions for directly sending commands to a database.

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• ADO.NET
  Describes the ADO.NET classes, which expose data-access services to the .NET programmer.

• Working with Data in Managed Device Projects
  Describes how to manage data for devices in Visual Studio.

• Data in Office Solutions
  Contains links to topics that explain how data works in Office solutions, including information about schema-oriented programming, data caching, and server-side data access.