5.10. System.Data
The DataSet class within the System.Data namespace is typically used for the in-memory storage of data within one or more DataTable class members. This data usually represents information retrieved from a database, the focus of this section, or stored within an XML document, the focus of the next section. A DataTable is represented by a collection of DataRow entries divided into a set of one or more DataColumn fields.
The sample database we'll use in this section is the USDA Nutrient Database maintained and freely distributed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. This version, Release 13 (SR13), contains data on over 6,000 food items, such as cheese, potato chips, soft drinks, and so on. We'll be working with three tables of ...
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