¤ Strongly Typed DataSets in .Net ¤

mteric

When I first heard about the idea of Strongly Typed DataSets in the .Net Framework, I was excited to try them out.  But after writing an experiment project, I was disappointed with the results.

Granted, the Typed DataSets were easy to setup and use--Google it and you'll find a plethora of examples.  However, what these examples don't tell you is the fact that Visual Studio generates a bunch of C# code behind the scenes to create the classes that represent your XSD schema.  I dare say that the generated code is so bloated, that it makes using normal un-typed DataSets look very attractive, despite their performance concerns with boxing/unboxing.

Typed DataSets are definitely a step in the right direction, but it sure would be nice if there was a way to tell Visual Studio to generate a more minimal amount of code instead of the mammoth it creates.