Mike,

You can use DataSets in ASP.NET. I never use the tool box for DataSets anyway ... I don't drag them onto my forms, I just instantiate them in the code.

However, I don't do much in the way of Web apps anyway, and so far NONE in 2.0, so things may be different, but it looks like you want to make use of the ObjectDataSource (however, I'm sure you still CAN use a DataSet if you want to <g>).

~~Bonnie



>I am still a little confused. I know DataSets are still around in VB.NET 2005 and ADO.NET 2. But I am developing a web app with ASP.NET 2.0 and don't even see DataSets in the toolbox. Are they provided by ADO.NET only to Windows Forms, not Web Forms?
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>Being new to all this, I am still getting used to where the lines are between VB, ASP, and ADO.
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>>I forgot to mention this is VS 2005. Haven't DataSets been phased out?
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>>The short answer is No. Where specifically did you hear/read this?
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>>DataSets received some enhancements in VS2005. (including the fact that they re-wrote the indexing engine in ADO.NET for better performance).
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>>VS2005 has new List Classes (as part of Generics) that have some of the capabilities of the dataset. But phased out? No.
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>>Kevin