New DataSet Features in Visual Studio 2005

Wednesday, March 2, 2005

My new article on New DataSet Features in Visual Studio 2005 has gone live on MSDN.

This article complements my earlier article on New DataSet Features in ADO.NET 2.0.

Whereas the first article discusses the changes and enhancements in the DataSet, and related classses, in the .NET Framework, this article discusses the typed DataSet and the TableAdapter that are generated by Visual Studio. It also shows off the new tools and objects for rapidly building data-bound WinForms.

What I find really exciting about the technologies and tools that I cover in this article is the fact that I think it seriously narrows the gap (though not yet eliminating it) between developing standard data access and data entry applications in VB.NET versus MS-Access. I discuss this at greater length here. The other really cool aspect, that I only mention in passing in this article, is that all of the form-building, data-binding benefits you get with DataSets, you can also have with your custom business objects and with data returned by web services.

Let me know what you think!

I like that article. That's a nice article !!

Sahil Malik - Wednesday, March 2, 2005 3:55:00 PM

Thanks for the compliment - especially coming from you!

Jackie Goldstein - Thursday, March 3, 2005 11:37:00 AM

Can you comment on the use of (typed) dataset in asp.net 2.0 apps?

DataSetDatasource was droppep from beta2 (If I get it right). Are there any plan to put it back?

Binary serialization of a dataset is feasible in a 3 tiered with soap in the middle web app?

Carlo Folini - Friday, March 11, 2005 10:28:00 PM

Carlo,

According to the ASP.NET team, there are no plans at this point to bring back the DataSetDataSource.

Yes, binary serialization of a DataSet is feasable in 3 tiered SOAP architecture.

Jackie Goldstein - Monday, March 14, 2005 8:00:00 PM

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