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Strongly Typed DataSets

Are they worth the trouble? Are folks using these for single table
processing? What would you choose, Dataset vs Datatable for single table.

Thanks

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Jul 21 '05 #1
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Depends but they have many benefits, mainly Intellisense, Ease of use and
Performance.

If you only have one table, then using just one table is fine. The
difference is trivial but you'll be fine either way.

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Are they worth the trouble? Are folks using these for single table
processing? What would you choose, Dataset vs Datatable for single table.

Thanks

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Jim Douglas
http:\\www.genesis-software.com

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Jul 21 '05 #2
Hi Jim,

In addition to Bill, an answer on your second part of your question.

With the dataset you have a lot of build in methods to serialize.
(Webservice, read/write direct to XML etc).

I think that that makes the decission.

Cor
What would you choose, Dataset vs Datatable for single table.

Jul 21 '05 #3
They are worth the trouble, but only just, IMHO. The problem is not the idea
(which is great), but the implementation of them. They aren't as good as
they could be. The good news is that there are a couple of alternative
generators out there, and writing your own generator is not that hard.

We use them for both single and multiple table situations. Even for single
tables, we stick to using a complete DataSet.

Nick Holmes.
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Are they worth the trouble? Are folks using these for single table
processing? What would you choose, Dataset vs Datatable for single table.

Thanks

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Jul 21 '05 #4

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