Oracle

Question

User76567312 posted

Anyone out there recommend a good book for someone with heaps of Oracle experience but a newbie to ASP.NET

i.e. I don't need a 'For Dummies' style book as I have picked up and run with ASP.NET very rapidly, nor do I need a book that explains programming principles, I have been programming for years...

What I need is a book sloped towards someone who knows pl/sql and wants to use ASP.NET largely as the front end for data entry - but is happy to leave the heavy data crunching to Oracle.

 Preferably a book littered with usable examples....

 

Any suggestions,

 

thanks,

 

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Answer 1

User-1666980993 posted

If you're already an experienced programmer and you are comfortable with ASP.NET, I don't think you need to worry about "Oracle-specific" guidance.  ASP.NET is largely independent of any backend data store.  The application-side development should be largely the same regardless of your database vendor, with the exception of your database-specific data layer.

If you want to use Oracle as the backend of any .NET application including ASP.NET, I recommend using Oracle's provider, not Microsoft's:

http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/tech/windows/odpnet/index.html

Oracle provides a .NET data provider and tools that integrate with VS 2005. 

Answer 2

User152549106 posted

Have a look at Professional ASP.NET 3.5 by Evjen, Hanselman, and Rader:

http://www.amazon.com/Professional-ASP-NET-3-5-VB-Programmer/dp/0470187573

After some quick "get up to speed" coverage of the basics, it dives in with the assumption that the reader is an experienced programmer with either a prior version or a similar web language. And it does have good coverage of using SQLDataSource (p 299) and OracleClient with PL-SQL (P400-403) to connect to Oracle