>>"strongly type" datasets assumes that you duplicate your datadictionary in your code no?
Yes, it does.

>>Doesn't that increase coupling between two components (compiled code and data in the database)

The same dataset can be referring to any number of different data stores.. SQL Server, VFP, MySQL, etc. so the coupling isn't symbolic, not absolute.

Frankly, I wish there were away to make the coupling tighter during development. Having to regenerate the dataset every time I change the table in the database is a pain.

>>Strongly-type datasets do 90% of that, plus they give you Intellisense on the columns in the datatables.
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>I'm frankly puzzled about this one. As much as I love (and would love) to have intellisense on everything that resides in the database, to "strongly type" datasets assumes that you duplicate your datadictionary in your code no? Doesn't that increase coupling between two components (compiled code and data in the database) that we have worked very hard to de-couple?