Question

I am trying to learn web development using Mono. Coming from ASP.NET background, I noticed that there is no “dataset” file when I am trying to add new file to the project.

In ASP.NET (Visual Studio IDE) you can add a dataset file that enable us to develop the connection to database, hence modelling it graphically. Is there such thing in Mono ?

By the way, I am using MonoDevelop.

Answer 1

MonoDevelop does not support creating a DataSet using a GUI. If there isn’t any specific reason that you require creating a DataSet using the GUI then you could create DataSets in two different ways.

1. Using Code.

       DataSet ds = new DataSet ("Name");
       DataTable dt = new DataTable ("Name");
       dt.Columns.Add ("test", typeof (String));
       DataColumn dc = new DataColumn ("PK", typeof (int));
       DataColumn[] pk = new DataColumn[] { dc };
       dt.PrimaryKey = pk;
       ds.Tables.Add (dt);
   

2. Create DataSet files within your solution by adding XML files and typing out the XML for your DataSet manually.

Obviously these methods aren’t as efficient as using the GUI designer in Visual Studio but they allow you to use MonoDevelop.