Nadya,

>Funny, I remembered the opposite advice from you. My memory is starting to play tricks on me.<

Yeah, it must be <g> ... I've never advocated the opposite.

>... where a novice can read up on this particular topic?<

Well, you can always Google for articles about ADO.NET or DataAccess architecture or Disconnected Data. Here's something I found that might be a good place to start:

"Design Goals for ADO.NET"
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpconwhyadonet.asp

~~Bonnie


>>Hi Nadya,
>>
>>Only open the connection when you need to get/send data. ADO.NET is all about disconnected DataSets.
>>
>>~~Bonnie