Where to go from here? Once the Dataset object is set up as shown above, anything goes. Typically, the next step will be to fill the Dataset using the appropriate Data Adapter's Fill method, like this:

odaUser.Fill(this.userData);

The .NET framework will do all the heavy lifting involved in maintaining the appropriate connections and ensuring that updates and other operations proceed as required. When HotQuant migrates its website to a SQL Server back end, this is the only code that need change in order to maintain the functionality of the site. This is the real beauty of the multiple levels of abstraction the .NET Framework interjects between code and data.

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