Supported Data Types in Web Services .NET 2.0?

[Administrator]

I am trying to find the "complete" list of what data types are supported in web service development with ASP.NET 2.0. I found this reference but I don't know that it's complete. I thought we could pass DataTables via web services.

Anyone have a good reference on what can be passed?

 

[JohnH]

You have to pass the DataTable in a DataSet.

 

[Administrator]

Thanks, I am able to pass my DataTable by serializing it to a compressed byte array, yep, ringing a bell? I'm back to writing another web service.

 

[JohnH]

Yes, I remember the "dataset" optimization challenge, it's still stuck on this forum.

 

[JohnH]

Brought to my attension from a different thread I have tested the DataTable return type and it works just fine here now. I must have misunderstood the documentation before, I see no other reason for the first reply. Can't believe I didn't even try to run a code sample for this in March.