Comments on: Changing Columns in the Visual Studio DataSet Designer http://aaronhardy.com/aspnet/changing-columns-in-the-visual-studio-dataset-designer/ For all your Aaron Hardy needs. Thu, 17 May 2012 03:52:23 +0000 hourly 1 By: Aaron Hardy http://aaronhardy.com/aspnet/changing-columns-in-the-visual-studio-dataset-designer/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Aaron Hardy Fri, 06 Jul 2007 12:52:06 +0000 http://intimateconversations.aaronhardy.com/aspnet/changing-columns-in-the-visual-studio-dataset-designer/#comment-12 I noticed today that if you add a column to the main "Fill, GetData()" query on the TableAdapter that it will prompt and ask you if you would like it to update the changes on your other queries too. Not bad! It doesn't work on all your queries though because VS can't always read your mind. If you change the type of a column on the main Fill, GetData() queries and/or the datatable, it seems to do some cascading through your other queries as well, but it's a little bit hit and miss. Here's an article from Microsoft that does some explaining: <a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms171902(VS.80).aspx" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">How to: Edit TableAdapters</a> I noticed today that if you add a column to the main “Fill, GetData()” query on the TableAdapter that it will prompt and ask you if you would like it to update the changes on your other queries too. Not bad! It doesn’t work on all your queries though because VS can’t always read your mind. If you change the type of a column on the main Fill, GetData() queries and/or the datatable, it seems to do some cascading through your other queries as well, but it’s a little bit hit and miss. Here’s an article from Microsoft that does some explaining:

How to: Edit TableAdapters

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