Implementing the ProductSpecialDataTable Class

The CatalogDS class is a strongly typed dataset that allows access to tables and columns within the dataset with user-friendly names. This class is derived from DataSet, which means it inherits all the DataSet methods, properties, and events. It also allows for the creation of custom strongly typed methods, properties, and events. So, instead of collection-based access, programmers can access the data in CatalogDS via their names. This also means that data being retrieved via the strongly typed dataset will always be of the correct type because the compiler catches type-mismatch errors instead of waiting for runtime errors to occur.

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