Can we fill DataSet without DataAdapter?

Question

I know that we normally fill DataSetwith the help of DataAdapter's Fill method, but I want to know that Can we fill DataSet without DataAdapter?
Any idea ?

Answer 1

You can use DataSet.Load to load from an IDataReader. Or DataSet.ReadXml to read from an Xml document.

Take a look at the DataSet methods on MSDN.