Linda,

>No, the pe.Parish property is nullable. It is null because the user did not fill in that value. Here's the code from the entity object:
>
>

>/// <summary>
>/// parish
>/// </summary>
>public int parish
>{
>     get { return (int)mmType.GetNullableDbValue(this.Row["parish"]); }
>     set { this.Row["parish"] = value; }
>}
>

If the underlying data column is nullable, your property should be nullable like this:

/// <summary>
/// parish
/// </summary>
public int? parish
{
     get { return (int?)mmType.GetNullableDbValue(this.Row["parish"]); }
     set { this.Row["parish"] = value; }
}

If the underlying data column is NOT nullable, it should look like this:

/// <summary>
/// parish
/// </summary>
public int parish
{
     get { return (int)mmType.GetNonNullableDbValue(this.Row["parish"]); }
     set { this.Row["parish"] = value; }
}

Best Regards,