hi all,

can any one explain about Purpose of Dataset.xsd and what is dataset.xsd's

use the dataset as a xml data elments we are used
For generate reports(crystal) we used the dataset.xsd file as mediator bridge
and also we have to fill the data into as a xml

Dataset is a structure of table or tables returned from sp or a query and holds the tabledata off line. This dataset is known as typed dataset the advantage of dataset : the columns names are predefined & can be used anywhere in the application. Typed dataset eg: dim ds as new mydataset ds.mytable.mycolumnname un typed dataset eg : dim ds as new dataset dstemp.tables(0).rows(0)("decisionid") - columns name is hardcoded mohammed yousuf uddin software developer