Hour 8
Quiz Answers
| 1: | True or false: There is little overhead associated with the DataReader object. |
| A1: | True. There is never any more than one database record in memory while the DataReader is open and retrieving data. This makes it very lightweight compared to the DataAdapter, particularly when a large number of records are being returned. |
| 2: | What is the key difference between the DataReader and DataAdapter? |
| A2: | The DataAdapter stores the results of a database query into a DataSet object. The DataReader opens a pipe directly from the database to the data's destination. |
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