Upgrade question re: VB6 to VB.Net
It's a simple question but the Microsoft sales dept
doesn't seem to know the answer.
I'd like to move up from
Visual Basic 6.0 to Visual
Basic.Net, but my apps involve connecting to an Oracle
database.
Does the Visual Basic .Net Standard version contain
ADO.Net (for database connectivity)? Or, do I need to
order Visual Studio .Net which incorporates ADO.Net among
other tools? The price difference is huge: $109 for Visual
Basic .Net Standard vs. $1079 for Visual Studio .Net
Professional.
A related question, can Visual Basic .Net use ADO 2.7 in
place of ADO.Net?