>I just finished a piece for Code Magazine on this. The thesis of the article deals with building a vb .net class that can best be described as a data-tier class that manages the creating of datasets and the retreval, updates, inserts, and deletes of data.
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>IMO, the data adapter requires a lot of setup (table mappings, etc) that add alot of overhead. At this stage of the game, I have made the conclusion that they take away efficiency as opposed to enhancing efficiency. I may be wrong and if I am, I hope that somebody will correct me on this...

I don't know enough about it all yet to comment - what issue of CODE is that?