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title: "WHAT IS DATASET IN ADO.NET?"  
description: "WHAT IS DATASET IN ADO.NET?"  
author: "Shrikant Mishra"  
published: 2020-08-20  
updated: 2020-09-23  
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category: "ado.net"  
tags: ["c#", "ado.net", "asp.net"]  
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# WHAT IS DATASET IN ADO.NET?

## The DataSet:-

That is a collection of DataTables. Where you can use the DataSet type to store many DataTables in a single collection. Theoretically, the DataSet acts as a set of DataTable instances.

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A **DataSet** contains DataTableCollection and their DataRelationCollection . That represents a complete set of data including the tables that contain, order, and constrain the data, as well as the relationships between the tables. You can use Dataset in combination with DataAdapter Class.

## Answers

### Answer by Shrikant Mishra

## The DataSet:-

That is a collection of DataTables. Where you can use the DataSet type to store many DataTables in a single collection. Theoretically, the DataSet acts as a set of DataTable instances.

or

A **DataSet** contains DataTableCollection and their DataRelationCollection . That represents a complete set of data including the tables that contain, order, and constrain the data, as well as the relationships between the tables. You can use Dataset in combination with DataAdapter Class.


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