Developing Web Applications Using ASP.NET and Oracle

This thoroughly revised and updated Second Edition provides an in-depth information that readers need to fully exploit the functionality of Microsoft’s ASP.NET framework and Oracle’s Database Server to build dynamic and interactive web applications that can handle a large number of simultaneous users. After going through this book, the students/professionals will be able Develop data-driven web applications using Oracle as back-end. Present data through data-bound controls. Manage consistent look and fill using master pages and themes. Develop stateful e-commerce applications. Develop rich interactive web applications using AJAX. Embed Microsoft Reports to produce dynamic printable output. Debug, deploy and secure web applications. New to the Second Edition Provides information for designing and developing the web applications using Visual Studio. Includes two new chapters—one on Master Pages, Themes and State Manage-ment and the other on AJAX in ASP.NET and Web Deployment of Application. Includes the new features of ASP.NET 4.0. Gives additional questions in each chapter. Includes a CD-ROM, which contains programs (tested with ASP.NET 4.0 and compatible with Oracle 10g) corresponding to all the examples, assignments, case studies and the project included in the book. The installation processes of programs are described in the relevant chapters of the book.The book is intended to serve as a guide for the undergraduate and postgraduate students of Computer Science, Computer Applications and Information Technology. Besides, it would also be useful to IT professionals to enhance their technical skills.