What is ADO.NET

Question

Write about ADO.NET in brief.

Answer 1

ADO.NET is an important characteristics of the .NET Framework, which is used in order to work with data which is stored in the structured data sources, like XML and databases files.

The following are some of the important features of the ADO.NET:

a) Consists of a number of classes which provide you with the numerous methods and features in order to achieve the communication between the data source and your application.
b) Enables you to access different data sources, such as Microsoft SQL Server, and XML, as per your requirements.
c) Offers several data providers which are specific to the databases developed by the several vendors.
d) Provides a rich set of features, like connection and commands which are used to develop highly efficient and robust data services in the .NET applications.

For example, ADO.NET has a separate provider in order to access data from the Oracle databases; on the other hand, another provider is used to access data from SQL databases.