1. ADO.NET:
Ado.NET act like a bridge between front end and back end database. See the below diagram.
Now Ado.NET has some class and objects. See below diagram.
DataSet Class:
Dataset class is called subset of database. But it is not actual database. When we want some data from
database we use dataset class.
But we do not directly connect database through dataset. We need some kind of adapter.
When we have connection through dataset (actually through data adapter) and we want to add some
data into table we need table.
DataTable Class:
The data table class represents the tables in the database. We use data row class to add row in the
table.
2. Finally we have some data and by using some properties we like add etc.. We enter data into table. But
remember this data is not permanently stored in database. Then how to add data permanently in
database. We talk later on this topic. This lesson is just for knowhow from ADO.NET.
See the below code.
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Default.aspx.cs"
Inherits="_Default" %>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
<title>ADO.NET</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:GridView runat="server" ID="GridView1">
</asp:GridView>
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
And the code behind this.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Data;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page
{
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (!IsPostBack)
{
//Make database, we know dataset is subset of database so we use dataset
object
DataSet ds = CreateDataSet();
GridView1.DataSource = ds.Tables["Students"];
GridView1.DataBind();
}
}
private DataSet CreateDataSet()
{
// Create object of dataset
DataSet dataset = new DataSet();
3. //create table e.g. student, we know class datatable hace table so we use
object
// of datatable
DataTable Students = CreateStudentTable();
//add this table to dataset
dataset.Tables.Add(Students);
return dataset;
}
private DataTable CreateStudentTable()
{
// first of all access Students table
DataTable Students = new DataTable("Students");
// Add columns
AddNewColumn(Students, "System.Int32", "StudentID");
AddNewColumn(Students, "System.String", "StudentName");
AddNewColumn(Students, "System.String", "StudentCity");
// Add rows
AddNewRow(Students, 1, "Salman Mushtaq" , "Lahore");
AddNewRow(Students, 2, "Farzan Mehdi", "Lahore");
AddNewRow(Students, 3, "Umer Farooq", "Lahore");
return Students;
}
private void AddNewColumn(DataTable Students,string columnType, string columnName)
{
DataColumn column = Students.Columns.Add(columnName, Type.GetType(columnType)
);
}
private void AddNewRow(DataTable Students, int id, string name, string city)
{
DataRow row = Students.NewRow();
row["StudentID"] = id;
row["StudentName"] = name;
row["StudentCity"] = city;
Students.Rows.Add(row);
}
}
So what this code said.
First see output of this code.
4. The application first creates a data set and binds it with the grid view control using the
DataBind() method of the GridView control.
The Createdataset() method is a user defined function, which creates a new DataSet
object and then calls another user defined method CreateStudentTable() to create the
table and add it to the Tables collection of the data set.
The CreateStudentTable() method calls the user defined methods AddNewColumn() and
AddNewRow() to create the columns and rows of the table as well as to add data to the
rows.
Hope you understand.
Refernce: www.tutorialpoint.com
![Finally we have some data and by using some properties we like add etc.. We enter data into table. But
remember this data is not permanently stored in database. Then how to add data permanently in
database. We talk later on this topic. This lesson is just for knowhow from ADO.NET.
See the below code.
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Default.aspx.cs"
Inherits="_Default" %>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
<title>ADO.NET</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:GridView runat="server" ID="GridView1">
</asp:GridView>
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
And the code behind this.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Data;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page
{
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (!IsPostBack)
{
//Make database, we know dataset is subset of database so we use dataset
object
DataSet ds = CreateDataSet();
GridView1.DataSource = ds.Tables["Students"];
GridView1.DataBind();
}
}
private DataSet CreateDataSet()
{
// Create object of dataset
DataSet dataset = new DataSet();](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)