Visual Studio Magazine - Use Oracle With ADO.NET
- An article that shows how to use Oracle with ADO.NET
- http://www.fawcette.com/vsm/2003_01/magazine/features/beauchemin/

Visual Studio Magazine - Follow the Top 10 ADO.NET Tips
- Top 10 ADO.NET tips.
- http://www.fawcette.com/vsm/2003_04/magazine/features/esposito/

Weaning Developers from the CommandBuilder
- Examines the drawbacks of the ADO.NET CommandBuilder, and shows how to use the Visual Studio .NET DataAdapter Configuration Wizard (DACW) to write your own Command queries.
- http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms971491.aspx

Using ADO.NET
- Discusses using ADO.NET Connection object, other ADO.NET objects, and provides examples. A 41-page article by Paul D. Sheriff of PDSA, Inc.
- http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa302325.aspx

Transaction Control
- This article describes how to run local and distributed transactions in your Microsoft .NET applications.
- http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms978457.aspx

Reading Data Reader Secrets
- MSDN Online Voices Diving Into Data Access column on reading data readers secrets.
- http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms810288.aspx

.NET Data Access Architecture Guide
- The information in this article covers the new data access objects including the DataSet and DataAdapter classes in ADO.NET.
- http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms978510.aspx

Managing an @@IDENTITY Crisis
- Discusses a strategy for returning newly created Identity values after the INSERT is executed. This applies to SQL Server and ADO.NET
- http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms971502.aspx

Designing Data Tier Components and Passing Data Through Tiers
- Learn how to best expose your data to Microsoft .NET applications and how to implement an effective strategy for passing data between the tiers in a distributed application.
- http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms978496.aspx

Best Practices for Using ADO.NET
- Best practices for writing Microsoft ADO.NET code and suggestions for developers on using the objects available in ADO.NET.
- http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms971481.aspx

Getting Started with ADO.NET
- A brief introduction to ADO.NET that explains what objects are necessary for data access.
- http://www.devcity.net/Articles/14/start_ado_net.aspx

A Practical Comparison of ADO and ADO.NET
- An informational comparison between ASP.NET and ASP which highlights the advantages and differences between the two. Article by Joe O'Donnell.
- http://www.devarticles.com/c/a/ADO.NET/A-Practical-Comparison-of-ADO-and-ADO.NET/

Introduction to ADO.NET
- A descriptive introduction to ADO.NET
- http://www.sitepoint.com/article/992

O'Reilly Network: Transparent Database Access with ADO.NET [Dec. 16, 2002]
- An article that shows how to use ADO.NET's different providers and transparently use it in your application without having to know the specifics of each provider.
- http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2002/12/16/transadonet.html

O'Reilly Network: Multiple ResultSets in ADO.NET [Dec. 16, 2002]
- An article that shows how to get multiple results from a database to DataSets and DataReaders
- http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2002/12/16/multiresultsets_1202.html

Working with MS Access Stored Procedures in VB.NET. Part 1
- Shows how to use Stored Procedures, which is usually a feature of high-end databases, in Microsoft Access.
- http://www.devcity.net/net/article.aspx?alias=msaccess_sp

Data Points: Expressions in ADO.NET
- Shows how to use expressions in columns. In other words, how to make a column with a result that is dependent on other columns.
- http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/03/01/datapoints/toc.asp

Data Access: Implement a Data Access Layer for Your App with ADO.NET
- This article outlines five ideas to consider when building a data access layer with Visual Studio .NET and the .NET Framework.
- http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/03/04/DataAccessLayer/TOC.asp

ADO.NET: Tackle Data Concurrency Exceptions Using the DataSet Object
- This article examines the common causes behind data concurrency exceptions and presents techniques for overcoming them using ADO.NET
- http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/03/04/DataConcurrency/TOC.asp

ADO.NET: Building a Custom Data Provider for Use with the .NET Data Access Framework
- An article by Bob Beauchemin that explains how to write your own data provider using .NET's data access interfaces and base classes
- http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/01/12/DataProv/toc.asp

Introducing ADO+: Data Access Services for the Microsoft .NET Framework
- Presents the design motivations behind ADO+ and a introduction to the various classes in the two layers that comprise the ADO+ framework. By Omri Gazitt, MSDN Magazine.
- http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/1100/adoplus/default.aspx

ADO.NET Overview
- A brief overview of ADO.NET with a description of the technical terms associated with the data access technology.
- http://www.developer.com/net/vb/article.php/1540311

ADO.NET Primer
- A tutorial that gives an overview of what ADO.NET is and how to use it with ASP.NET programming.
- http://www.aspalliance.com/aspxtreme/adonet/adonetprimer.aspx

ADO.NET's Primary Objects
- Overview of the seven main objects in the ADO.NET data-access architecture. By Michael Otey, SQL Server Magazine.
- http://www.sqlmag.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=16557