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title: "What is the differences between dataset.clone and dataset.copy in .Net?"  
description: "What is the differences between dataset.clone and dataset.copy in .Net?"  
author: "Sumit Kesarwani"  
published: 2014-04-10  
updated: 2020-09-15  
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# What is the differences between dataset.clone and dataset.copy in .Net?

Dataset.clone copies just the structure of dataset (including all the datatables, schemas, relations and constraints.); however it doesn’t copy the data.

Dataset.copy, copies both the dataset structure and the data.

## Answers

### Answer by Sumit Kesarwani

Dataset.clone copies just the structure of dataset (including all the datatables, schemas, relations and constraints.); however it doesn’t copy the data.

Dataset.copy, copies both the dataset structure and the data.


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