The third section of the book uses a sample application to give you insight into data access with C#. Thomsen provides an appendix with further information on the use of XML with SQL Server 2000.

The Connection Properties dialog opens. For my sample ITworld application, I changed the data source to Microsoft SQL Server (SQLClient), and entered the necessary Server, Log On, and database values.

Enter the connection string at the top of the form. The default connection string is stored in the ConnectionString application setting of the SQLQueryResult_CodeGen project. For a database query, ...