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ADO.NET Flashcards

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What is a data provider? (3)

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  • a set of libraries that are used to communicate with a data source
  • you can write your own data provider or use the pre-arranged ones, e.g. SQL Server
  • choose provider based on database type you are connecting to
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What data providers is ADO.NET working with? (4)

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SQL

Oracle

ODBC

OleDb

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What is the namespace for SQL and what database is it connecting to?

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System.Data.SqlClient

MS SQL Server

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What is the namespace for Oracle and what database is it connecting to?

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System.Data.OracleClient

Oracle

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What is the namespace for ODBC and what database is it connecting to? (3)

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System.Data.ODBC

  • used for interacting with Normally Older Databases
  • can be used as a generic provider (not as efficient or as many features as specific providers)
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What is the namespace for OleDb and what database is it connecting to?

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System.Data.OleDb

Access, Excel

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What common inheritance do all data providers share?

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System.Data.Common

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Which classes does System.Data.Common always contain? (4)

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DBConnection

DBCommand

DBDataReader

DBParameter

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What does the DBConnection class do?

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  • it’s the actual connection to the data source
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What is the purpose of the DBCommand class?

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  • used for executing SQL commands, such as SELECT queries against the data source
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What does the DBDataReader class do?

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  • reads a forward-only stream of rows from a data source, and the rows can be accessed one at a time
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What is the DBParameter class used for?

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  • is used with parameters in your sqlcommands to create dynamic queries that can change by supplying different values for the parameters
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List the common steps to connect to a database? (5)

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  1. Select the SQL provider
  2. Create a connection object
  3. Create a command object
  4. Execute the command
  5. Handle the results
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Why do you have to create a connection object to connect to a database? (3)

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  • to interact with a database, you must have a connection to it
  • the connection helps identify the database server, the database name, user name, password and other parameters that are required for connecting to the data base
  • is used by command objects so they will know which database to execute the command on
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What are the steps required to open a SQL connection? (5)

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  1. Instantiate the SqlConnection.
  2. Open the connection
  3. Pass the connection to other ADO.NET objects
  4. Perform database operations with the other ADO.NET objects
  5. Close the connection
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Why do you have to create a Command object to open a database connection? (3)

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  • helps you specify the actions you want to occur
  • use it to send SQL statements to the database
  • uses a connection object to figure out which database to communicate with
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What are the 3 main methods of SqlCommand and what do they do?

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ExecuteNonQuery – used to modify data via inserts, updates and deletes
ExecuteReader – executes the query and reads the returned results
ExecuteScalar – used to get a single returned value

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What are the most commonly used properties of SqlCommand? (4)

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CommandType

CommandText

Connection

Parameters

19
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What is the CommandType of SqlCommand?

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  • an enum that select which type of command to execute: Text (default), TableDirect or StoredProcedure.
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What does the SqlCommand property CommandText do?

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  • a string that can either define, the query or the related stored procedure
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What does the SqlCommand Connection property do?

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  • a connection object the command uses to connect to the database
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What does the SqlCommand Parameters property do?

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  • are parameters we pass with our query, to allow for dynamic queries
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Give the 2 most used constructors in SqlCommand? (4)

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SqlCommand();

SqlCommand(“Select * From TableName”, conn);

  • first parameter is the CommandText property
  • 2nd parameter is the connection object instance
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What is the SqlDataReader for? (4)

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  • many data operations require that you only get a stream of data for reading
  • allows you to obtain the results of a SELECT statement from a command object
  • for performance reasons, the data returned from a data reader is a fast forward-only stream of data
  • you can only pull the data from the stream in a sequential manner
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What is the most important method of SqlDataReader?

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Read - advances to the next row to be read

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What is the most important property of SqlDataReader?

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HasRows - is a boolean value that tells you if the data reader has rows or not

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