Jeff,

>OK, I'll agree that there's a better solution for the addresses problem.
>
>How about in general. If I'm working on employees and I need to identify the supervisor (another employee). Or I'm in Inventory and I need to refer to a set of alternate inventory items (in case I'm out of stock). How do I handle two distinct references to the same table?

With just the information you have provided here, it sounds like the best approach is still to have multiple DataTables associated with a single business object. Make sure you check out the MM .NET Dev Guide topic "Working with Multiple DataTables in a DataSet".

Best Regards,