I started working through the book MIcrosoft ADO.NET 4 Step by Step by Tim Patrick. I'm using Visual Basic 2010 Express, SQL Server 2008 R2 Express, and SQL Server Management Studio 2008 R2 Express. According to Patrick, the Express editions
of these programs will work with his tutorials.
Here are the instructions I followed:
I started SQL Server Management Studio and opened a new Object Explorer connection. I connected to the Database Engine named (my computer name)\SQLEXPRESS. Within the Databases branch of the connection tree, I added a new database named
StepSample. I then opened a file provided by the author named
DB Script.sql. I then executed this script and verified that the specified tables and objects were created within the database.
I then started Visual Basic and created a new project. I then selected Data | Add New Data Source. Within the Data Source Configuration Wiza ...
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