How to create an array of an indeterminate number of classes

[Chris Kinsman]

I have an ADO+ DataReader I am iterating through to populate an array of
classes. I don't know how many records I will get back so how do I
dimension the array.

What is the c# equivalent of a collection?

[news.devx.com]

Why create your own array to hold the records? why not use the
dataset/datatable?



"Chris Kinsman" <ckinsman@devx.com> wrote in message
news:3986fca3@news.devx.com...
> I have an ADO+ DataReader I am iterating through to populate an array of
> classes. I don't know how many records I will get back so how do I
> dimension the array.
>
> What is the c# equivalent of a collection?
>
>
>
>

[Chris Kinsman]

It is a compound structure. I could create a "shaped" recordset I guess to
hold the master-detail style data I am trying to model...

"news.devx.com" <kaisert@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:398740e0@news.devx.com...
> Why create your own array to hold the records? why not use the
> dataset/datatable?
>
>
>
> "Chris Kinsman" <ckinsman@devx.com> wrote in message
> news:3986fca3@news.devx.com...
> > I have an ADO+ DataReader I am iterating through to populate an array of
> > classes. I don't know how many records I will get back so how do I
> > dimension the array.
> >
> > What is the c# equivalent of a collection?
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>

[Tom Kaiser]

The dataset enables you to create multiple tables and build relationships
between them.

So, I could have a table called "customer" and a table called "Orders" with
a relationship between them.
Then through the object model I could traverse the relationship to get all
of the associated order for customer 1.

I fill/update the table by using a datasetcommand (ADODataSetCommand or
SQLDataSetCommand).

The dataset gives you a simple programming model over relational and
hierarchical data.



"Chris Kinsman" <ckinsman@devx.com> wrote in message
news:39874232$1@news.devx.com...
> It is a compound structure. I could create a "shaped" recordset I guess
to
> hold the master-detail style data I am trying to model...
>
> "news.devx.com" <kaisert@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:398740e0@news.devx.com...
> > Why create your own array to hold the records? why not use the
> > dataset/datatable?
> >
> >
> >
> > "Chris Kinsman" <ckinsman@devx.com> wrote in message
> > news:3986fca3@news.devx.com...
> > > I have an ADO+ DataReader I am iterating through to populate an array
of
> > > classes. I don't know how many records I will get back so how do I
> > > dimension the array.
> > >
> > > What is the c# equivalent of a collection?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>