>Hi, John,
>
>The 'equivalent' of fcount() is myDataSet.Tables[0].Columns.Count...
>
>Tell you what, can you post a very small subset of your XML file?
>
>Kevin

I'll post the entire thing, since it's very small. I don't think it will render into a flat file anyway, and I'm just trying to get an understanding of dot net and it's capabilities anyway so here it is:

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> 
- <kml xmlns="http://earth.google.com/kml/2.0">
- <Response>
  <name>600 THOMAS, memphis, TN</name> 
- <Status>
  <code>200</code> 
  <request>geocode</request> 
  </Status>
- <Placemark>
  <address>600 Old Thomas St, Memphis, TN 38107, USA</address> 
- <AddressDetails Accuracy="8" xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:ciq:xsdschema:xAL:2.0">
- <Country>
  <CountryNameCode>US</CountryNameCode> 
- <AdministrativeArea>
  <AdministrativeAreaName>TN</AdministrativeAreaName> 
- <SubAdministrativeArea>
  <SubAdministrativeAreaName>Shelby</SubAdministrativeAreaName> 
- <Locality>
  <LocalityName>Memphis</LocalityName> 
- <Thoroughfare>
  <ThoroughfareName>600 Old Thomas St</ThoroughfareName> 
  </Thoroughfare>
- <PostalCode>
  <PostalCodeNumber>38107</PostalCodeNumber> 
  </PostalCode>
  </Locality>
  </SubAdministrativeArea>
  </AdministrativeArea>
  </Country>
  </AddressDetails>
- <Point>
  <coordinates>-90.036173,35.157599,0</coordinates> 
  </Point>
  </Placemark>
- <Placemark>
  <address>600 S Danny Thomas Blvd, Memphis, TN 38126, USA</address> 
- <AddressDetails Accuracy="8" xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:ciq:xsdschema:xAL:2.0">
- <Country>
  <CountryNameCode>US</CountryNameCode> 
- <AdministrativeArea>
  <AdministrativeAreaName>TN</AdministrativeAreaName> 
- <SubAdministrativeArea>
  <SubAdministrativeAreaName>Shelby</SubAdministrativeAreaName> 
- <Locality>
  <LocalityName>Memphis</LocalityName> 
- <Thoroughfare>
  <ThoroughfareName>600 S Danny Thomas Blvd</ThoroughfareName> 
  </Thoroughfare>
- <PostalCode>
  <PostalCodeNumber>38126</PostalCodeNumber> 
  </PostalCode>
  </Locality>
  </SubAdministrativeArea>
  </AdministrativeArea>
  </Country>
  </AddressDetails>
- <Point>
  <coordinates>-90.047333,35.130758,0</coordinates> 
  </Point>
  </Placemark>
  </Response>
  </kml>