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uid: web-forms/videos/data-access/index
title: "Data Access | Microsoft Docs"
author: rick-anderson
description: "How to create a Data Access Layer (DAL)."
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ms.date: 11/14/2011
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---
Data Access
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> How to create a Data Access Layer (DAL).


- [ADO.NET Data Services](adonet-data-services/index.md)

    - [Data Access Layers in ASP.NET Applications](adonet-data-services/data-access-layers-in-aspnet-applications.md)
    - [Manually Bind a Dataset to a Datagrid](adonet-data-services/how-to-manually-bind-a-dataset-to-a-datagrid.md)
    - [Work with Datasets and Filters from an ASP Application](adonet-data-services/how-to-work-with-datasets-and-filters-from-an-asp-application.md)
- [How Do I with LINQ](how-do-i-with-linq/index.md)

    - [LINQ to SQL: Overview](how-do-i-with-linq/how-do-i-linq-to-sql-overview.md)
    - [LINQ to SQL: Data Model](how-do-i-with-linq/how-do-i-linq-to-sql-data-model.md)
    - [LINQ to SQL: Querying the Database](how-do-i-with-linq/how-do-i-linq-to-sql-querying-the-database.md)
    - [LINQ to SQL: Updating the Database](how-do-i-with-linq/how-do-i-linq-to-sql-updating-the-database.md)
    - [LINQ to SQL: LinqDataSource](how-do-i-with-linq/how-do-i-linq-to-sql-linqdatasource.md)
    - [LINQ to SQL: Custom LinqDataSource](how-do-i-with-linq/how-do-i-linq-to-sql-custom-linqdatasource.md)
    - [LINQ to SQL: Using Stored Procedures](how-do-i-with-linq/how-do-i-linq-to-sql-using-stored-procedures.md)
    - [LINQ to SQL: Updating with Stored Procedures](how-do-i-with-linq/how-do-i-linq-to-sql-updating-with-stored-procedures.md)
    - [LINQ to SQL: Executing Arbitrary SQL](how-do-i-with-linq/how-do-i-linq-to-sql-executing-arbitrary-sql.md)
- [LINQ Videos from the VB Team](linq-videos-from-the-vb-team/index.md)

    - [Get Started with LINQ](linq-videos-from-the-vb-team/how-do-i-get-started-with-linq.md)
    - [Perform Group and Aggregate Queries](linq-videos-from-the-vb-team/how-do-i-perform-group-and-aggregate-queries.md)
    - [Upgrade Visual Basic Projects to Enable LINQ](linq-videos-from-the-vb-team/how-do-i-upgrade-visual-basic-projects-to-enable-linq.md)
    - [Get Started with LINQ to XML](linq-videos-from-the-vb-team/how-do-i-get-started-with-linq-to-xml.md)
    - [Enable XML IntelliSense and Use XML Namespaces](linq-videos-from-the-vb-team/how-do-i-enable-xml-intellisense-and-use-xml-namespaces.md)
    - [Create XML Documents from SQL Data](linq-videos-from-the-vb-team/how-do-i-create-xml-documents-from-sql-data.md)
    - [Create Excel Spreadsheets using LINQ to XML](linq-videos-from-the-vb-team/how-do-i-create-excel-spreadsheets-using-linq-to-xml.md)