Michel,

You probably need to set the MaxLength property of a DataColumn:

            loDataSet.Tables(0).Columns.Add("Name", GetType(System.String))
            loDataSet.Tables(0).Columns("Name").MaxLength = 5

~~Bonnie



>If I have the following code to create a dataset:
>
>

>            ' Create a dataset
>            loDataSet.Tables.Add("Temp")
>            loDataSet.Tables(0).Columns.Add("Name", GetType(System.String))
>            loDataSet.Tables(0).Columns.Add("Length", GetType(System.Int32))
>            loDataSet.Tables(0).Columns.Add("LastWriteTime", GetType(System.DateTime))
>

>
>How can I update the first column line to create a character field of a specific length instead of a memo field?