Part of what attracted me to this thread was the admonishment not to use table adapters. They seem counter intuitive to me. I would have expected to call datatable.update() or dataset.update() and have the object update itself.

I already have my primary dataset subclassed. Do you think it would be a bad idea to add fill, insert, update methods directly to that class?

I was thinking that if I did it that way it would simplify the logic of my program and make it easier to hook in things like biz objects and data access layers as I develop them.


>>Hmm... I think what I'm not getting is what the .XSD is used for. I had assumed it was used by the IDE for creating the DataSet.Designer.cs file, are you using the .XSD at run time in your programs?
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>No, you're right. The .xsd is used by the IDE to generate a Typed DataSet. I was just talking about another way of creating the .xsd (programmatically with a utility). End result is the same.
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>>I appreciate your help on this, there is so much to understand when you are getting ready to write decent sized apps in a new language. Understanding the basics of how to lay things out in the new system really helps!
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>No problem, you're welcome. Starting out with the correct architecture right from the beginning certainly makes developing a new app much easier! =0)
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>~~Bonnie