Take advantage of connection resiliency in EF Core to detect errors and retry commands and enable your ASP.NET Core application to overcome transient faults.

.NET 6 adds the ability for ADO.NET database drivers to support efficient command batching using native protocols.

DataDirect Connect for ADO.NET now supports Oracle 11g R2, SQL Server 2008, and DB2 iSeries V6R1. A complete list of database provider features is available online.

The book also makes stops along the way to discuss XML, relational database concepts, and commonly used SQL statements. If you're a developer, chances are you'll need to access data—and that means ...

You can boost performance in server-side apps by using COM+ pooled objects to cache resources. Be sure to enlist the connection manually each time the object pool picks up the object.