TableAdapters are a joke.

[Earl]

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 Wildermuth (C# MVP)]

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

 

[Cor Ligthert [MVP]]

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

 

[Cor Ligthert [MVP]]

Hi,

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

Cor

 

[Miha Markic [MVP C#]]

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