Question

I have been developing many application and have been into confusion about using dataset.
Till date i dont use dataset and works into my application directly from my database using queries and procedures that runs on Database Engine.

But I would like to know, what is the good practice
Using Dataset ?
or
Working direclty on Database.

Plz try to give me certain cases also when to use dataset along with operation (Insert/Update)

can we set read/write lock on dataset with respect to our database

Answer 1

You should either embrace stored procedures, or make your database dumb. That means that you have no logic whatsoever in your db, only CRUD operations. If you go with the dumb database model, Datasets are bad. You are better off working with real objects so you can add business logic to them. This approach is more complicated than just operating directly on your database with stored procs, but you can manage complexity better as your system grows. If you have large system with lots of little rules, stored procedures become very difficult to manage.