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Inheriting from DataTable

Tuesday, September 23, 2003

Has anyone else done this yet? We are using DataSet\DataTable types throughout our application. We would like to add a couple of custom methods to DataTable. Looking over the docs, I do not see any reason why we cannot do this. However, prior to writing all the code and implementing this only to discover a great reason why we should not, I'd like to hear from anyone who has done this or can tell me why we should not do it.

Thanks

4 Comments

Done it, works fine...

Scott Galloway - Tuesday, September 23, 2003 2:42:00 PM
Typed datasets do this regularly. Should be no problem.

Roy Osherove - Tuesday, September 23, 2003 2:46:00 PM
Works great. If you want an example, let me know.

Frans Bouma - Tuesday, September 23, 2003 3:17:00 PM
Create a typed dataset from the vs.net UI then take a look at the .cs file that is generated along with the .xsd file.

The generated class is derived from a dataset and has many extensions to the base dataset class. That should be a good starting point for you.

Clint Simon - Tuesday, September 23, 2003 5:18:00 PM

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