Editing Typed DataSets

There is a designer provided solely for editing (and creating) typed datasets within Visual Studio: the DataSet Designer. This designer launches automatically when you open a DataSet project item such as the AdventureWorksEmployeeDataSet.xsd file that we just created when investigating data binding.

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Typed DataSet objects can be huge productivity enhancers over a normal dataset: Instead of using indexes into collections, you can reference tables and columns by their actual names. In addition, IntelliSense works with typed DataSet members, making coding against large data hierarchies much easier.

The DataSet Designer can be used to easily tweak datasets by changing any of the various constituent parts including the ...

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