Yes, I have the right link, and yes, I agree - it is C++ focused. However, there is no C++ code samples there that refer to ADO.Net or other .Net technologies, with the exception of a few - the marshalling samples, which are a drop in the sea. What I am talking about is: with each .Net class, and its properties and methods, there are code examples. They are only in VB and C#, never in C++. Even the "ADO.NET Sample Application" shown in the "ADO.Net" section of the "Data Access (How Do I in Visual C++)" chapter that you referenced, has only samples in VB and C#! My point is, for someone who is trying to transition from good-old unmanaged C++ to using the .Net framework with managed C++, there is only documentation with limited information included (just definitions, and slim remarks), and no code samples at all. That makes it real hard.
Now, if this were only the case in the "Express" version, I'd have to don my "selfish" hat and calm down, because I will eventually be getting a professional version (I'd know which as soon as I can sort through the sea of new "professional", "architect", "team", "enterprise", etc., versions that spawned with the 2005 Studio).
I hope I was able to make my point clearer this time. I do appreciate your effort to assist us.
Kamen