I have been using Stackoverflow to find some really good answers to some of the problems I have encountered, but now it is my turn to ask as I don't seem to be able to find an answer, although it seems it is not really possible, which would be a bit puzzling to me.
I have an electronics parts database, of which I am the sole creator/user. It consists of a number of tables with different component types, and new tables are being added as I find the need during designs for new and different part types from what I already in my database. The problem I have is that I am essentially lazy and I truly hate doing repetitive work that I should be able to automate.
Thus right now I have something along the lines of
Dim ResistorsTableAdapter As New PartsInventoryDataSetTableAdapters.ResistorsTableAdapter()
at the load part, which I manually have to do for each table in the database (tedious, especially as the database slowly expands) followed by
COMPONENTS_DATAGRIDVIEW.DataSource = ResistorsTableAdapter.GetData
at table (parts type) selection by using a Combobox or a search function. So I was wondering if there when connecting to the SQL table on program load is a way to dynamically allocate/declare the TableAdapters - I'm already reading out the database table titles for filling the selection combobox using the following piece of code:
Dim i As Integer = 1
For Each row As DataRow In ds.Tables(0).Rows
ComboBox1.Items.Add(row.Item("TABLE_NAME"))
ComponentTables(i).RowNumber = i ' Variable holding the table number
ComponentTables(i).Name = row.Item("TABLE_NAME") ' Variable holding the table name
ComponentTables(i).ChangedName = GenerateComponentName(row.Item("TABLE_NAME")) ' Variable holding the name changed to conform to Visual Studio, i.e. currently both " " (space) and "/" characters changed to "_"
DebugBox.Text &= GenerateComponentName(row.Item("TABLE_NAME")) & " - " & ComponentTables(i).RowNumber & " " & ComponentTables(i).Name & " " & ComponentTables(i).ChangedName & " " & vbCrLf ' just for my own debugging
i += 1
Next row
I would be baffled if there isn't some way of doing this, as I can't be the only one out there having to deal with databases that have parts added or removed. Admittedly, I am a novice to database handling in Visual Studio, so I may just have missed something glaringly obvious.
Thanks!