As a compensation for last post, this one is 100% .NET.

Using webservices you can pass data to and from a consumer. Using .net to build web-services this data can be quite complex , like a full XML dataset. This puts quite a big load on the wire, having to transport the bulky data and the consumer of the service, having to understand the data receieved. In an article I have studied three ways a service and its consumer can interchange and validate XML data

• Using typed datasets
• Using untyped dataset
• Using XML in plain straing format

The article was originally on my own webseite and has recently be republished on MSDNAA.

blog on,

Peter