>Hi Cetin,
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>>This is the starter for reading directly into a DataTable. In 2.0 DataTable has a Load method that takes a DataReader (in sample it is using a reader to list records).
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>sorry, what I was asking for was reading directly into a DATABASE table, not a DataTable. How can this be done?
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>And BTW, DataTable.Load(DataReader) would take about 100 seconds. ;-)
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>Markus

You mean SQL server? Then there is SqlBulkCopy class. A .Net programmer could create function/proc etc with CLR directly at the heart of SQLServer.
Cetin