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Pro C# 2010 and the .NET 4 Platform, Fifth Edition
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Pro C# 2010 and the .NET 4 Platform, Fifth Edition

by Andrew Troelsen
May 2010
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
1752 pages
41h 17m
English
Apress
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22.7. Working with Data Adapters

Now that you understand the ins-and-outs of manipulating ADO.NET DataSets manually, it's time to turn your attention to the topic of data adapter objects. A data adapter is a class used to fill a DataSet with DataTable objects; this class can also send modified DataTables back to the database for processing. Table 22-8 documents the core members of the DbDataAdapter base class, the common parent to every data adapter object (e.g., SqlDataAdapter and OdbcDataAdapter).

Table 22.8. Core Members of the DbDataAdapter Class
MembersMeaning in Life
Fill()Executes a SQL SELECT command (as specified by the SelectCommand property) to query the database for data and loads the data into a DataTable.
SelectCommand

InsertCommand ...

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