Preface : Using This Book

Using This Book
The content of this book assumes that you are familiar with your operating system and its commands. It contains the following information:
Chapter 1 “Diagnostic Tools” discusses the diagnostic tools that are available to you when you are configuring and troubleshooting your ADO.NET environment.
Chapter 2 “Error Messages” discusses error messages that you might encounter.
Chapter 3 “Troubleshooting the Data Providers” describes issues you might encounter, provides some typical causes of the issues, lists some diagnostic tools that are useful to troubleshoot the issues, and, in some cases, explains possible actions you can take to resolve the issues.
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