MCITP Self-Paced Training Kit Exam 70-442 .Designing and Optimizing Data Access by Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005

Learning ADO.NET

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/data/aa937699.aspx

Learning Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC)

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/data/aa937703.aspx

Learning SQL Native Client

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/data/aa937705.aspx

Usage Scenarios for SQL Server 2005 Native Web Services

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms345140.aspx

How to Use the ODBC.NET Managed Provider in Visual Basic .NET and Connection Strings

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310985/

How to Use the ODBC.NET Managed Provider in Visual C# .NET and Connection Strings

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310988

SQL Server OLE DB Programmers Reference

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en=gb/library/aa198360(SQL.80).aspx

ADO.NET: More than a Matter of ABCs "Connected and Disconnected Modes"

http://www.samspublishing.com/articles/article.asp?p=102202&seqNum=2&rl=1

Comparison of ADO.NET and ADO

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vbcon/html/vbconADOPreviousVersionsOfADO.asp