Stuart,

>I have been told I must call Dispose on my business objects and close the connection, how do I do this? or why should I not do this?
>thanks once again

mmBusinessObject doesn't impleent IDisposable, but the associated data access class is where the connection is opened/closed. The data access class doesn't hold open connections--it closes them immediately after use--can you give me more background on what's going on?

Best Regards,