DataView vs. DataGridView

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ewingate@gmail.com - 06 Jul 2007 19:40 GMT

What is the real difference between the DataView and the DataGridView?
Is the DataView even a control or is it merely a class? With methods
that allow you to edit rows and columns it seems like it would be a
control that you could drag and drop on a form in the designer but I
cannot find the DataView control in the toolbox. I have used a
DataGridView before but I was wondering if DataView has better
functionality.

Thanks!

-E

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Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP] - 06 Jul 2007 20:09 GMT

DataView is not a control. It is a type that is used to perform
filtering on a DataTable without actually changing the data in the data
table. This way, you can separate the data from the presentation of the
data (in this case, presentation meaning a view on the data, where it is
sorted, or filtered).

The DataGridView is a control that allows you to view tabular data, from
a DataTable, or other sources.

It just so happens that the naming is similar.

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> What is the real difference between the DataView and the DataGridView?
> Is the DataView even a control or is it merely a class? With methods
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ewingate@gmail.com - 06 Jul 2007 20:17 GMT

Ahh, excellent. Thank you for the answer. That was precisely the
information that I needed.

-E

On Jul 6, 3:09 pm, "Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]"
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> DataView is not a control. It is a type that is used to perform
> filtering on a DataTable without actually changing the data in the data
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