JWColby
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Tue May 1 04:41:04 CDT 2007
LOL. Me? Obtuse? John W. Colby Colby Consulting www.ColbyConsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of William Hindman Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 10:21 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] Dot Net, where to start? ...obtuse, eh ...no wonder JC is so enamored of it :) William Hindman ----- Original Message ----- From: "MartyConnelly" <martyconnelly at shaw.ca> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 6:48 PM Subject: Re: [AccessD] Dot Net, where to start? >I would suggest, it is somewhere between 90 and 180 degrees, > just so it could be an obtuse angle. > > Jim Lawrence wrote: > >>Hi All: >> >>My 2 cents on this is that most if not all developers on the Access List >>are >>working on or/and will be moving towards Dot Net at one point. I see the >>progress more as a migration process something like a 90 degree turn not >>as >>a 180. >> >>Jim >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >>[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Charlotte Foust >>Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 10:55 AM >>To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving >>Subject: Re: [AccessD] Dot Net, where to start? >> >>Does it belong in this list? Also, there are differences between VS >>2003 and VS 2005 when it comes to creating typed datasets. >> >>Charlotte >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >>[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock >>Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 5:01 AM >>To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com >>Subject: Re: [AccessD] Dot Net, where to start? >> >>Hi Charlotte >> >>Yes, that sounds like a learning experience. >> >>/gustav >> >> >> >>>>>kp at sdsonline.net 30-04-2007 04:31 >>> >>>>> >>>>> >>Charlotte - any chance of stepping us dot net newbies thru an example of >>what you mean? >> >>Kath >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Charlotte Foust >> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving >> Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 2:18 AM >> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Dot Net, where to start? >> >> >> The chapters on ADO.Net give a good overview of datasets, data >>providers >> and the actual relational objects (tables, views, etc.), and it also >> compares ADO.Net and ADO as well. But I haven't seen any books >> describing the data tier structures in the way we built them. Most of >> the books start with directly binding a form to a data adapter, and we >> work the other way around. We build data "entities" that implement >> typed datasets and expose the behaviors and methods we need. We can >> then drop one of those entities on a form or report to provide the >>data >> connections we need. The working code is actually in a dataprovider >> class with the entity containing calls to the dataprovider and even to >> other entities if need be. >> >> Our model has evolved as we developed the apps and figured out what >> worked, and we have "refactored" (a much overused work in our shop) >>the >> bits and pieces many times over the course of the past two years. >> >> Charlotte Foust >> >> >> >>-- >>AccessD mailing list >>AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >>http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >>Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >> >> > > -- > Marty Connelly > Victoria, B.C. > Canada > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com