>How do you get around the problem with getxml() not returning null value columns? Do you use the copy method or serialize/deserialize instead?
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>Or has this been fixed? I haven't tested since I came across that issue...

Not sure why this is a problem ... if you use a Typed DataSet anyway. If they're null coming back from the database, then the column in the Typed DataSet will be DBNull.Value. I guess it could be a problem in a non-Typed DataSet, but we don't use those. <g>

~~Bonnie



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>>That's a common misconception. Heavy how? Across the wire? You don't send the DataSet across a Web Service, you send MyDataSet.GetXml(). It's not as heavy as the DataSet itself (no schema gets sent and only the actual data that is present gets sent). Plus, it's only a string of XML. Anything can consume it, not just the .NET world.