DataView vs. DataGridView

[ewingate]

What is the real difference between the DataView and the DataGridView?
Is the DataView even a control or is it merely a class? With methods
that allow you to edit rows and columns it seems like it would be a
control that you could drag and drop on a form in the designer but I
cannot find the DataView control in the toolbox. I have used a
DataGridView before but I was wondering if DataView has better
functionality.


Thanks!

-E

 

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

DataView is not a control. It is a type that is used to perform
filtering on a DataTable without actually changing the data in the data
table. This way, you can separate the data from the presentation of the
data (in this case, presentation meaning a view on the data, where it is
sorted, or filtered).

The DataGridView is a control that allows you to view tabular data, from
a DataTable, or other sources.

It just so happens that the naming is similar.

 

[ewingate]

Ahh, excellent. Thank you for the answer. That was precisely the
information that I needed.


-E

DataView is not a control. It is a type that is used to perform
filtering on a DataTable without actually changing the data in the data
table. This way, you can separate the data from the presentation of the
data (in this case, presentation meaning a view on the data, where it is
sorted, or filtered).

The DataGridView is a control that allows you to view tabular data, from
a DataTable, or other sources.

It just so happens that the naming is similar.

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- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
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What is the real difference between the DataView and the DataGridView?
Is the DataView even a control or is it merely a class? With methods
that allow you to edit rows and columns it seems like it would be a
control that you could drag and drop on a form in the designer but I
cannot find the DataView control in the toolbox. I have used a
DataGridView before but I was wondering if DataView has better
functionality.

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