Pro ASP.NET for SQL Server: High Performance Data Access for Web
Developers explains how to use ASP.NET 2.0 and SQL Server 2005 most
efficiently together. It covers all crucial performance issues and illustrates
optimal techniques with enterprise-quality development.
Performance is always an issue, and optimizing database access is one of
the most daunting performance challenges facing web developers. With Brennan
Stehling as your guide, youll explore the many overlaps of web and database
technologies, including configuration, programming, performance tuning, and
deployment. You’ll learn how to make high-performance database access not just
a goal, but a reality.
What you’ll learn
- Discover what impedes ASP.NET 2.0 access to SQL Server 2005 and how to
make web applications and databases work blindingly fast together.
- Learn to make the subtle choices between DataSets, DataReaders, and
DataObjects, to simplify code and maximize performance.
- Optimize data-bound controls and create your own.
- See when a custom database provider is advisable and how to build one.
- Understand how to monitor and measure web/database performance.
- Learn to build, deploy, and configure enterprise-level web applications
against SQL Server
2005.