Databinding, what’s the point if I have to recreate the binding every time I want to show data from a different row

Question

Am I missing the point here, I don't see how this is any better than just assigning the Text property of a Label directly?

 //class variables
 Binding stateBinding;
 MyRowType rowForDataBinding;

 ChangeBoundData()
 {
  rowForDataBinding = GetNewRow();
  lblStatus.DataBindings.Remove(temp);
  temp = lblState.DataBindings.Add("Text", rowForDataBinding , "State");
 }

Answer 1

If you are binding on a row-by-row basis, the amount of benefit is negligible. However, let's say you want to bind a database table to a data grid. Suddenly, the one line of binding code minimizes a ton of effort.

I've gone back and forth on the appropriateness of data-binding, but from what I can tell, the primary benefit is code reduction. The less code you have to write, the less code you have to fix.