>I've had several classes on C#, probably about 3 of them, meaning 3 semesters, but that was a while back. I've never had any projects at any clients sites or on any projects using C#. I wonder if someone could advise me on what component to use for data access? Maybe component isn't the right word. Now, I am not a complete novice, but pretty close to it, so realize that I am also a bit rusty.

Cecil,

as some have mentioned here, a commercial framework might be the best way to learn what you need to learn in order to become proficient. I've used MM.Net, Strataframe and Ideablade on various projects, and all of them have flatten my learning curve as well as considerably shortened time to finish on small and large projects alike. You give up some control to the framework, but as long as you don't start "fighting" its way of doing things, at least in the beginning, you will get things done in a hurry.

I personally like Ideablade the best because of its well thought-out (and simple!) data access and business object models that now extend to Silverlight development as well. However, it is also the most expensive framework of the bunch

Good luck with all that!