TableAdapters are a joke.

I have just flat given up on TableAdapters. What a joke. I'm not even going
to detail all the nonsense I've gone through trying to get these godforsaken
"features" to work properly. The concept was good but usability is worse
than bad. They should come with that old warning, "don't try this at home
folks". Save your energy for something that can consistently do what you
expect: Break out the old SqlDataAdapters and stick with them.

Shawn
Tue Oct 03 19:43:47 CDT 2006

Hello Earl,

I totally concur:

http://adoguy.com/viewrant.aspx?id=2057

Of note, be aware that some groups at Microsoft asked for (and was given)
this feedback. Hopefully this means that they will head down another course
in future versions.

Thanks,
Shawn Wildermuth
Speaker, Author and C# MVP
http://adoguy.com

> I have just flat given up on TableAdapters. What a joke. I'm not even
> going to detail all the nonsense I've gone through trying to get these
> godforsaken "features" to work properly. The concept was good but
> usability is worse than bad. They should come with that old warning,
> "don't try this at home folks". Save your energy for something that
> can consistently do what you expect: Break out the old SqlDataAdapters
> and stick with them.
>

Cor
Tue Oct 03 22:45:15 CDT 2006

Earl,

A way to get tables from a database server cannot be better than the used
rertrieval methods of that server. That is at the moment still SQL. In my
idea it would be better to ask if there are no better methods to think about
than the SQL scripting technique.

Just my thought,

Cor

"Earl" <brikshoe@newsgroups.nospam> schreef in bericht
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>I have just flat given up on TableAdapters. What a joke. I'm not even going
>to detail all the nonsense I've gone through trying to get these
>godforsaken "features" to work properly. The concept was good but usability
>is worse than bad. They should come with that old warning, "don't try this
>at home folks". Save your energy for something that can consistently do
>what you expect: Break out the old SqlDataAdapters and stick with them.
>

Cor
Tue Oct 03 23:26:29 CDT 2006

Hi,

I use the word retrieval in my message where I mean "Update, Insert,
Delete".

Cor

"Cor Ligthert [MVP]" <notmyfirstname@planet.nl> schreef in bericht
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> Earl,
>
> A way to get tables from a database server cannot be better than the used
> rertrieval methods of that server. That is at the moment still SQL. In my
> idea it would be better to ask if there are no better methods to think
> about than the SQL scripting technique.
>
> Just my thought,
>
> Cor
>
> "Earl" <brikshoe@newsgroups.nospam> schreef in bericht
> news:%23Lej3Pz5GHA.4484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>I have just flat given up on TableAdapters. What a joke. I'm not even
>>going to detail all the nonsense I've gone through trying to get these
>>godforsaken "features" to work properly. The concept was good but
>>usability is worse than bad. They should come with that old warning,
>>"don't try this at home folks". Save your energy for something that can
>>consistently do what you expect: Break out the old SqlDataAdapters and
>>stick with them.
>>
>
>

Miha
Wed Oct 04 04:00:24 CDT 2006

I never used them because I find them useful for very simple/demo scenarios
only.

--
Miha Markic [MVP C#, INETA Country Leader for Slovenia]
RightHand .NET consulting & development www.rthand.com
Blog: http://cs.rthand.com/blogs/blog_with_righthand/

"Earl" <brikshoe@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message
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>I have just flat given up on TableAdapters. What a joke. I'm not even going
>to detail all the nonsense I've gone through trying to get these
>godforsaken "features" to work properly. The concept was good but usability
>is worse than bad. They should come with that old warning, "don't try this
>at home folks". Save your energy for something that can consistently do
>what you expect: Break out the old SqlDataAdapters and stick with them.
>