You can get the data type for the field by looking at the Columns collection:

MyDataSet.Tables["MyTable"].Columns[10].DataType

~~Bonnie



>And what should the parameter type be for the method?
>
>>Hey Craig,
>>
>>The code should be something like this:
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>>MyDataSet.Tables["MyTable"].Rows[0][10];
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>>What have you been trying?
>>
>>~~Bonnie
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>>>I have a single record from a dataset and I want to pass one field of that record to a method to do additional processing. I don't know the field name, but it's always in the same position in the table (field 10). I can't figure out how to reference the single field, then pass it. I keep getting a compile error, "An object reference is required for the nonstatic field". Anyone know how I can do this?