Hello My experienced VB friends,
What is the best way to code my application
Using the DataSet or the DataTable.
I mostly use 1 table.
Thank you guys,
DataSet or DataTable???
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DataSet or DataTable???
A.Russell
Back in the old days, DataSet came with a bunch of methods that DataTable didn't have (ReadXml(), WriteXml(), Merge(), etc.). With .NET 2.0, the DataTable became just about as powerful as the DataSet and if you're only working with a single table, you should get along fine without the DataSet.
I would use a DataTable until/if a reason pops up to use a DataSet. It will make your code that much simpler and that's a good thing.
bes7252
Not necessarily. Two points to consider:
1) DataSets contain DataTables, so it's not much trouble to obtain the latter from the former.
2) The ADO.NET framework is designed to work seamlessly with DataSets -- not so much with DataTables.
If your application absolutely positively never needs to deal with multiple data sources, you can probably get away with using a DataTable. Call me biased, but I can't imagine a situation where working directly with a DataTable -- as opposed to a DataSet which contains the same DataTable -- will save you much effort.