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when should I use a Dataset?

yarbrough40
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Oddly I have never ever found the need to use a dataset. I very often use datatables as disconnected recordsets or for use when binding grids and the like. However I am having trouble understanding what the useful purpose of incorporating my datatables into a larger set. If someone would like to share a practicle example, that would be super : )
Mar 11 '10 #1

✓ answered by Frinavale

Well a DataSet is useful for a whole bunch of reasons. It contains more than one DataTable and you can specify how these tables are related. It also allows you to do updates etc where a simple DataTable doesn't have this functionality.

I could go on about the differences between the two but MSDN explains it a lot better in their documentation on the DataSet class.

:)

-Frinny

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Frinavale
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Well a DataSet is useful for a whole bunch of reasons. It contains more than one DataTable and you can specify how these tables are related. It also allows you to do updates etc where a simple DataTable doesn't have this functionality.

I could go on about the differences between the two but MSDN explains it a lot better in their documentation on the DataSet class.

:)

-Frinny
Mar 12 '10 #2
yarbrough40
320 100+
much obliged! .
Mar 12 '10 #3

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