Binding Controls to Databases Using ADO.NET
ADO.NET employs a disconnected database model that uses data tables on the client machine to cache information while it is viewed or manipulated. Even when the database is stored on the same machine as the editing program, ADO.NET will copy a snapshot of data into a DataSet and pass changes back to the database later.
This model is used to allow better scaling of the database application over a network because it obviates the need for many, simultaneous, open connections to the database.
Data tables are very structured and hierarchical. This makes XML an ideal medium for transmitting and storing data. Indeed, when ADO makes a connection to a database, the information will be transported as XML. This ...
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