ASP.NET & Databases : Part 5
Published 11/11/01
Introduction
In Parts 1 - 4 we have talked about connecting, storing, viewing and in this part we take a break and look at some XML. XML in .NET is a very important part, XML is used in nearly anything in .NET, from web services, to datasets. Even SQL Server 2000 supports XML. XML has taken a good foothold in data storage. I don't see it as a very good way to store my data (but that's my opinion). For this part we will be using the XML file here. I won't be covering all the data techniques that you can do in XML (writing, modifying, appending etc.) I'll be just covering its involvement in ADO.NET