>>Is there a less verbose syntax for this?
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>C# uses:
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>string[] customerDataColumns = { "idnum", "res1_fn" };
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>The converted code that (might) work is:
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>Dim customerDataColumns As String() = { "idnum", "res1_fn" }
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That is nearly it. Thanks.

Dim customerDataColumns() As String = { "idnum", "res1_fn" }