MS Data Application Block

[Mark]

The Microsoft data application blocks contain quite a few methods that
return a DataSet. Any reason not to consider adding an identical set of
methods that do the exact same thing but return a DataTable instead? Why
would you go through the overhead of creating a DataSet when 9 out of 10
times you really only need a DataTable?

I'm new to this application block so perhaps they have good reasoning?

Thanks!

Mark

[Cowboy \(Gregory A. Beamer\)]

Overall, the system is set up to create a DataSet. If you wish to customize
for a DataTable, there is no real problem there, except that you lose the
XML capabilities of the Dataset. If this is not an issue, then you have no
problem.

--
Gregory A. Beamer
MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA

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"Mark" <mf****@idonotlikespam.cce.umn.edu> wrote in message
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The Microsoft data application blocks contain quite a few methods that
return a DataSet. Any reason not to consider adding an identical set of
methods that do the exact same thing but return a DataTable instead? Why
would you go through the overhead of creating a DataSet when 9 out of 10
times you really only need a DataTable?

I'm new to this application block so perhaps they have good reasoning?

Thanks!

Mark