This is specially true if you tie it to a database. If you make one change to the data structure ( common in a new development project) have a look at teh amont of work that needs to e changed. I go with datasets unless I need extreme performance. Actually the performacnce of datasets is not too bad - they just suck up memory. In 90% of apps you would not see the difference between a dataset and handcrafted collections. So why give yourself magnitudes more work adding functionality , debugging , stress and capacity testing etc
I do like Ian's point on Intellisense having too many entries - and would love to see some sort of collapsable options. The problem is worse with Winforms and controls. Ben -----Original Message----- From: Moderated discussion of advanced .NET topics. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Philip Nelson Sent: Tuesday, 8 October 2002 12:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Strongly-Typed DataSets vs. Strongly-Typed Collections > Since now it's easy to make/use a collection for databinding, I guess > most of the reasons for using a dataset are eliminated. > It sure would be nice to see if a DataSet is significantly worse than a collection. When you think about it, and given an axiom I really believe: "premature optimization is the root of all evil", I would like to think choosing a DataSet first is the right choice. If in some application you discover problems because the number of simultaneous occurances causes a memory bloat, or massive cpu ticks are needed to create and tear down your datasets (if it's proved that datasets are worse), the worst that can happen is that you refactor and use a custom collection. In the meantime, one less block of code to check into source control, one less library to maintain, one less skill to teach junior programmers, etc, etc, etc... You would want to do as similar comparison as possible, one simple table with one column, strongly typed, rows added at runtime, enforceconstraints off and the like. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith.yahoo.com You can read messages from the Advanced DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from Advanced DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com. You can read messages from the Advanced DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from Advanced DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.
