DataSet Class

Definition

public ref class DataSet : System::ComponentModel::MarshalByValueComponent, System::ComponentModel::IListSource, System::ComponentModel::ISupportInitialize, System::ComponentModel::ISupportInitializeNotification, System::Runtime::Serialization::ISerializable, System::Xml::Serialization::IXmlSerializable

public ref class DataSet : System::ComponentModel::MarshalByValueComponent, System::ComponentModel::IListSource, System::ComponentModel::ISupportInitialize, System::Runtime::Serialization::ISerializable, System::Xml::Serialization::IXmlSerializable

public ref class DataSet : System::ComponentModel::MarshalByValueComponent, System::ComponentModel::IListSource, System::ComponentModel::ISupportInitializeNotification, System::Runtime::Serialization::ISerializable, System::Xml::Serialization::IXmlSerializable

public class DataSet : System.ComponentModel.MarshalByValueComponent, System.ComponentModel.IListSource, System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize, System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitializeNotification, System.Runtime.Serialization.ISerializable, System.Xml.Serialization.IXmlSerializable

[System.Serializable]
public class DataSet : System.ComponentModel.MarshalByValueComponent, System.ComponentModel.IListSource, System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize, System.Runtime.Serialization.ISerializable, System.Xml.Serialization.IXmlSerializable

[System.Serializable]
public class DataSet : System.ComponentModel.MarshalByValueComponent, System.ComponentModel.IListSource, System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitializeNotification, System.Runtime.Serialization.ISerializable, System.Xml.Serialization.IXmlSerializable

public class DataSet : System.ComponentModel.MarshalByValueComponent, System.ComponentModel.IListSource, System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitializeNotification, System.Runtime.Serialization.ISerializable, System.Xml.Serialization.IXmlSerializable

type DataSet = class
    inherit MarshalByValueComponent
    interface IListSource
    interface ISupportInitialize
    interface ISupportInitializeNotification
    interface ISerializable
    interface IXmlSerializable

[<System.Serializable>]
type DataSet = class
    inherit MarshalByValueComponent
    interface IListSource
    interface IXmlSerializable
    interface ISupportInitialize
    interface ISerializable

[<System.Serializable>]
type DataSet = class
    inherit MarshalByValueComponent
    interface IListSource
    interface IXmlSerializable
    interface ISupportInitializeNotification
    interface ISupportInitialize
    interface ISerializable

Public Class DataSet
Inherits MarshalByValueComponent
Implements IListSource, ISerializable, ISupportInitialize, ISupportInitializeNotification, IXmlSerializable

Public Class DataSet
Inherits MarshalByValueComponent
Implements IListSource, ISerializable, ISupportInitialize, IXmlSerializable

Public Class DataSet
Inherits MarshalByValueComponent
Implements IListSource, ISerializable, ISupportInitializeNotification, IXmlSerializable

Inheritance

Object

MarshalByValueComponent

DataSet

Attributes

SerializableAttribute

Implements

IListSource ISupportInitialize ISupportInitializeNotification ISerializable IXmlSerializable

Examples

The following example consists of several methods that, combined, create and fill a DataSet from the Northwind database.

using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.SqlClient;

namespace Microsoft.AdoNet.DataSetDemo
{
    class NorthwindDataSet
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            string connectionString = GetConnectionString();
            ConnectToData(connectionString);
        }

        private static void ConnectToData(string connectionString)
        {
            //Create a SqlConnection to the Northwind database.
            using (SqlConnection connection =
                       new SqlConnection(connectionString))
            {
                //Create a SqlDataAdapter for the Suppliers table.
                SqlDataAdapter adapter = new SqlDataAdapter();

                // A table mapping names the DataTable.
                adapter.TableMappings.Add("Table", "Suppliers");

                // Open the connection.
                connection.Open();
                Console.WriteLine("The SqlConnection is open.");

                // Create a SqlCommand to retrieve Suppliers data.
                SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand(
                    "SELECT SupplierID, CompanyName FROM dbo.Suppliers;",
                    connection);
                command.CommandType = CommandType.Text;

                // Set the SqlDataAdapter's SelectCommand.
                adapter.SelectCommand = command;

                // Fill the DataSet.
                DataSet dataSet = new DataSet("Suppliers");
                adapter.Fill(dataSet);

                // Create a second Adapter and Command to get
                // the Products table, a child table of Suppliers.
                SqlDataAdapter productsAdapter = new SqlDataAdapter();
                productsAdapter.TableMappings.Add("Table", "Products");

                SqlCommand productsCommand = new SqlCommand(
                    "SELECT ProductID, SupplierID FROM dbo.Products;",
                    connection);
                productsAdapter.SelectCommand = productsCommand;

                // Fill the DataSet.
                productsAdapter.Fill(dataSet);

                // Close the connection.
                connection.Close();
                Console.WriteLine("The SqlConnection is closed.");

                // Create a DataRelation to link the two tables
                // based on the SupplierID.
                DataColumn parentColumn =
                    dataSet.Tables["Suppliers"].Columns["SupplierID"];
                DataColumn childColumn =
                    dataSet.Tables["Products"].Columns["SupplierID"];
                DataRelation relation =
                    new System.Data.DataRelation("SuppliersProducts",
                    parentColumn, childColumn);
                dataSet.Relations.Add(relation);
                Console.WriteLine(
                    "The {0} DataRelation has been created.",
                    relation.RelationName);
            }
        }

        static private string GetConnectionString()
        {
            // To avoid storing the connection string in your code,
            // you can retrieve it from a configuration file.
            return "Data Source=(local);Initial Catalog=Northwind;"
                + "Integrated Security=SSPI";
        }
    }
}

Option Explicit On
Option Strict On

Imports System.Data
Imports system.Data.SqlClient

Public Class NorthwindDataSet

    Public Shared Sub Main()
        Dim connectionString As String = _
            GetConnectionString()
        ConnectToData(connectionString)
    End Sub

    Private Shared Sub ConnectToData( _
        ByVal connectionString As String)

        ' Create a SqlConnection to the Northwind database.
        Using connection As SqlConnection = New SqlConnection( _
           connectionString)

            ' Create a SqlDataAdapter for the Suppliers table.
            Dim suppliersAdapter As SqlDataAdapter = _
               New SqlDataAdapter()

            ' A table mapping names the DataTable.
            suppliersAdapter.TableMappings.Add("Table", "Suppliers")

            ' Open the connection.
            connection.Open()
            Console.WriteLine("The SqlConnection is open.")

            ' Create a SqlCommand to retrieve Suppliers data.
            Dim suppliersCommand As New SqlCommand( _
               "SELECT SupplierID, CompanyName FROM dbo.Suppliers;", _
               connection)
            suppliersCommand.CommandType = CommandType.Text

            ' Set the SqlDataAdapter's SelectCommand.
            suppliersAdapter.SelectCommand = suppliersCommand

            ' Fill the DataSet.
            Dim dataSet As New DataSet("Suppliers")
            suppliersAdapter.Fill(dataSet)

            ' Create a second SqlDataAdapter and SqlCommand to get
            ' the Products table, a child table of Suppliers. 
            Dim productsAdapter As New SqlDataAdapter()
            productsAdapter.TableMappings.Add("Table", "Products")

            Dim productsCommand As New SqlCommand( _
               "SELECT ProductID, SupplierID FROM dbo.Products;", _
               connection)
            productsAdapter.SelectCommand = productsCommand

            ' Fill the DataSet.
            productsAdapter.Fill(dataSet)

            ' Close the connection.
            connection.Close()
            Console.WriteLine("The SqlConnection is closed.")

            ' Create a DataRelation to link the two tables
            ' based on the SupplierID.
            Dim parentColumn As DataColumn = _
               dataSet.Tables("Suppliers").Columns("SupplierID")
            Dim childColumn As DataColumn = _
               dataSet.Tables("Products").Columns("SupplierID")
            Dim relation As New DataRelation("SuppliersProducts", _
               parentColumn, childColumn)
            dataSet.Relations.Add(relation)

            Console.WriteLine( _
               "The {0} DataRelation has been created.", _
               relation.RelationName)
        End Using

    End Sub

    Private Shared Function GetConnectionString() As String
        ' To avoid storing the connection string in your code,  
        ' you can retrieve it from a configuration file.
        Return "Data Source=(local);Initial Catalog=Northwind;" _
           & "Integrated Security=SSPI;"
    End Function
End Class

Remarks

For more information about this API, see Supplemental API remarks for DataSet.

Constructors

Properties

Methods

Events

Explicit Interface Implementations

Extension Methods

Applies to

Thread Safety

This type is safe for multithreaded read operations. You must synchronize any write operations.

See also

• Using DataSets in ADO.NET