If you were using a .NET WebService instead of a VFP WebService, I'd say to make the date columns = DBNull.Value, but that obviously won't work in a VFP WebService. So, your only choice really is to populate empty dates with a value, I think the VFP preferred value is 12-31-1899 (don't quote me on that). I know it's different than the one you use for SQL Server (which is 1-1-1900).

~~Bonnie



>What is the preferred method to send empty date values from VFP to a .Net datatable. The .Net app is calling a VFP web service. When I execute the Dataset.ReadXml using XmlReadMode.ReadSchema it throws an exception when it encouters an empty date field.
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>I'm guessing populate the empty date values from VFP prior to returning the xml data.
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>Thanks,