[dba-VB] Actually a C# Question

Doug Steele dbdoug at gmail.com
Sat Feb 4 14:37:07 CST 2012


If you're looking to try ASP.Net, the microsoft website www.asp.net has
hundreds of tutorials and videos.

www.codeproject.com has lots of examples; the biggest problem I have with
them is that the code quality varies.

A couple of blogs that I follow are www.hanselman.com and
www.dotnetcurry.com

Doug

On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 12:20 PM, Salakhetdinov Shamil <mcp2004 at mail.ru>wrote:

> Hi Arthur --
>
> Have a look at http://northwind.codeplex.com/
>
> It presents just a few of myriad possible ways to make .NET (C#)  data
> bound UI and reports with MS Access and MS SQL backends.
> What is definitely to consider for beginners is to investigate, learn and
> use C# custom controls - when one develops complex WinForms (or WPF forms
> or SilverLight forms...) without usage of custom controls they quickly get
> "spaghetti code nightmare" - and the referred above set of projects does
> use custom controls...
>
> Thank you.
>
> -- Shamil
>
>
> 04 февраля 2012, 22:15 от Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com>:
> > I have been Googling and trying to find something meaningful in the way
> of
> > C# sample apps, and falling short just about everywhere I turn. I am
> trying
> > to surmount this hurdle. I have downloaded a bunch of examples that have
> > nothing at all to do with databases, which is my principal concern, and
> so
> > all these graphic examples are of little or no interest to me as a
> > (primarily) database developer.
> >
> > Access 2007 came with a Time&Billing sample that I like a lot. I have
> > customized it to suit my needs. It's the perfect small app for me to
> learn
> > my chops in: a few tables, a few listforms, a click on the PK opens the
> one
> > of interest, etc.
> >
> > Can anyone provide me to a few links or samples which will help guide me
> > into this new world? I have built a few apps that do not concern
> databases
> > (MDI text editor etc.), but I need to move on to the world of DB access,
> > starting with small stuff and gradually escalating to 20-table apps and
> >  then 40-table apps and then 100-table apps; I'm assuming that after
> that,
> > I'll be able to figure out the rest.
> >
> > Meanwhile I have several questions, which may reveal my old-school
> premises:
> >
> > 1. Why would I want to use DLinq as opposed to firing sprocs? I
> absolutely
> > have missed the boat on this one.
> > 2. In a 10-table app, how many DataLinks and SQLAdapters etc. do I need?
> > 3, How does one present a GridView upon which a double-click invokes a
> > one-row edit/insert form, then return to the refreshed list?
> > 4. Assuming we're abandoning the convenience of Access's Switchboard menu
> > system, what is proposed instead?
> > 5. I have a UI-problem with the typical hierarchical presentation of
> data.
> > I do not want a list of Customers to invoke another list of
> > CustomerProjects, and thence their details, and so on. What I want up
> front
> > is a list of Incomplete Projects, prioritized by Immediacy.
> Double-clicking
> > on one of those ought to open a tabbed form that lists HoursLogged,
> > ExpensesIncurred, PaymentsMade, and so on.
> >
> > No example that I have yet encountered shows me how to build this sort of
> > app. I'm looking for such an example but failing to find it. Can anyone
> > provide me with such a link?
> >
> > --
> > Arthur
> > Cell: 647.710.1314
> >
> > Only two businesses refer to their clientele as users: drug dealers and
> > software developers.
> >
> > -- Arthur Fuller
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