Re: How do I query a dataset?

From: Miha Markic [MVP C#] (miha)
Date: 03/03/04


Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 10:35:22 +0100

Hi,

You should use DataView with RowFilter set accordingly.
Another approach is to use DataTable.Select method which returns array of
DataRows.
There is no real SQL support there.

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Miha Markic [MVP C#] - RightHand .NET consulting & software development
miha at rthand com
www.rthand.com
"2" <2@2.2> wrote in message news:eBBISrPAEHA.2480@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Hello,
>
> I get how to populate a dataset by querying a database server... but once
> I've populated my dataset, say with several related tables, how can I then
> select records from the dataset copy of data using SQL statements instead
of
> the database server itself?
>
> In some cases I'd say this is preferable to hitting the database server
> everytime a subset of data needs to be retrieved. Only suitable for small
> amounts of static data of course.
>
> As an example if I have a populated table of employee data in a dataset
and
> I want to populate a temp table with only those records where employee age
>
> 60..... am I limited to filters or can I use SQL statements (which would
> then mean no extra code if I decided to point back at the database server
> instead of the dataset itself)....?
>
> Hope this makes sense to you guys... cheers
>
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