Dataset and Recordset

[ASGill]

is dataset and recordset the same thing? how r they different? CODER

[Heath Stewart]

A DataSet is a disconnected recordset. All the data is contained in the DataSet so you don't need to fetch from the server again. This makes serialization (either to a file or for Web Services / Remoting) easy, as well as using diffgrams (change records in a DataSet) to update a data source using a DataAdapter ( or handling it yourself :eek: ). See the section on ADO.NET in the .NET Framework SDK for more information.

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