ADO.NET in a Nutshell

Name

IDataAdapter

Synopsis

This interface represents a data adapter that bridges a data source and a DataSet or Data-Table object. Every ADO.NET provider defines its own provider-specific class that implements this interface (such as System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataAdapter). Data adapters play two roles: they transfer data from the data source to the DataSet when you invoke Fill( ), and they apply all DataSet or DataTable changes to a data source when you invoke Update( ). In addition, you can use the FillSchema( ) method before you use the Fill( ) method to configure schema information such as column names, data types, and primary key information. The TableMappings property accesses the collection of ITableMapping objects that map data source tables to DataTable objects in the DataSet. You can use the MissingSchemaAction property to indicate what action should be taken if you use Fill( ) on a DataSet that doesn’t contain the relevant schema information (by default, the data adapter will add the required DataColumn objects with primary key information). You can also use the MissingMappingAction to configure what will happen if a table is inserted without a matching ITableMapping existing in the TableMappings collection (by default, the table name from the data source is used for the DataSet ).

public interface IDataAdapter {

// Public Instance Properties

   public MissingMappingAction MissingMappingAction{set; get; } 

   public MissingSchemaAction MissingSchemaAction{set; get; } public ITableMappingCollection ...