You're welcome, Holger. Although Cetin really ought to get the gold stars for this one ... I just took his reply and refined it a bit. Anyway, glad it's working for you. =)

~~Bonnie



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>>private string WriteDataSetToXMLStr(DataSet ds)
>>{
>>	if (ds == null) { return ""; }
>>
>>	MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
>>	ds.WriteXml(ms, XmlWriteMode.WriteSchema);
>>
>>	ms.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
>>	StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(ms);
>>	string xml = sr.ReadToEnd();
>>
>>	return xml;
>>}
>

>
>thanks Bonnie, this one really seems to be simpler. <s>