I've been looking all around for how to do this but can't find any
instructions.  I'm sure one of you can help me easily.  I have a VB.NET that
accesses an access database.  I create a dataset and add new rows to one of
its tables, then update when I'm finished.  The new row ...

I am using the IDE to create dataset, datatable, and configure the columns.
What I need to know now is how do I configure in the IDE the default value so
that it creates a new GUID.
I have set the column type to a GUID, and i can see where it says the

We are using Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 provider for Oracle in our
application. We intend to scale up our database by introducing RAC. Does .NET
provider support RAC or do we have to change code to use RAC features?

I apologise if this is not the correct group.
Using C#;
I have an XML feed and a local SQL query.
I need to put them both into a dataset and set a

I have 3 DataSets...
First I copy table + schema from DS2 into DS1... this new table is given the
name "Table"... then I copy table + schema from DS3 into DS1... because this
DS3 also names the table I want "Table"... suddenly I have an error because I

Hi all, I'm trying to create a 'smart' equivalent of the
DataSet.HasChanges() method which can tell me if there are no 'true' changes
in a dataset; e.g. when user enters "Alice" in a name field and the old
value was "Alice" too, the DataSet.HasChanges() method rets true but the ...

Hi, I've just started using ST Datasets and I've a question:
how to get a field name (column name) from a ST DataTable contained in my ST
DataSet ?
What I mean is: should I "cable" the ColumnName as string whene I assign

my question is about transactions...
i have a base class which handles executing an specified sp from a sql
database and returns data. it also handles the connection, command objects
etc.

I've got an n-Tier web app. I've recently had to re-write our data tier as it was not really doing what we needed. However, as this is my first crack at writing a data-tier I've got one simple question.
What is the best way to store / manage Connection strings. The previous ...

I ADO various objects, such as Connection, Command Parameters, and
Recordsets have a Properties collection which give information about the
underlying RDBMS. What is the equivalent to these Property collections in
ADO .NET ?

I am developing an ASP.NET application and heavily rely on Strongly Typed
DataSets.
I let Visual Studio generate these DataSets by right clicking on a
SqlDataAdapter and then selecting 'Generate DataSet...'

I have a dataset that is being filled from an Access DB.  I have 2
tables which are a typical parent-child relationship.  I defined the
relationship in Access to include all records from the parent and only
the child records that match the parent.  In Visual Studio, I have 2

   I need to poll a database table at a specified interval, and check a
previously populated DataTable against the results.  I initially thought I
could use DataTable.GetChanges() from the results of a Merge, but all rows
are of RowState.Modified.

I have a table which only has one column of dates, i need to somehow get
that listing o f dates in a datatable into an array that i can use in a
month calendar as a boldeddates array listing, whats the best way to do
this? thanks

Does anybody know who to build an upload function in VB.net CF???
I want to upload pictures from a PDA in a WiFi Network to a server.
Prefer to POST to php page which is already finished but time is running
out now and I'm open to all suggestions (quick, dirty, workaround,