What data structure would be the least painful DataTable replacement?
- by MatthewMartin
I'm storing a lot of sorted ~10 row 2 column/key value pairs in ASP.NET cache-- they're the data for dropdownlists. Right now they are all DataTables, which isn't very space efficient (the rule of thumb is 10x increase in size when data is strored in a dataset).
Old Code
DataTable table = dataAccess.GetDataTable();
dropDownList.DataSource = table;
Hoped for new Code
Unknown data = dataAccess.GetSomethingMoreSpaceEfficient();
dropDownList.DataSource = data;
What pre-existing datastructures are similar enough to DataTable that would minimize code breakage and reduce the serialized size when stored in ASP.NET cache?
