Maybe you're ready to upgrade to Visual Basic 2005, but felt a bit overwhelmed by ADO.NET 2.0 and Visual Data Tools of this new release. In a hands-on guide, I will share with you best practices, latest features, and techniques for advanced data management with Visual Basic 2005 and SQL Server or SQL Server Express 2005. First, I'll begin with ADO.NET 2.0 basics, then I will move to the program design and smart clients with typed dataset as the source of their data. What you will learn from this book How to build used Windows (r) and Web forms from sample database in less than five minutes-without writing a line of code to write Effective data validation code for bound text boxes and DataGridViews How to apply advanced ASP.NET 2.0 Technical data The process of creating and using VB 2005 SQL CLR projects Who this book is to This book is for experienced VB programmers who are upgrading from VB6 or VS 2002/2003 to VB 2005. Wrox Expert One-On-One books present the wisdom accumulated by an experienced writer who is recognized as an expert by the programming community.