>I have a method call GetClients. It take either a CompanyKey, a ClientKey or both. Both of them are int's.
>
>

>        public static SqlDataReader GetClients()
>        {
>            return GetClients(-1, -1);
>        }
>        public static SqlDataReader GetClients(int iClientKey)
>        {
>            return GetClients(-1, iClientKey);
>        }
>        public static SqlDataReader GetClients(int iCompanyKey)
>        {
>            return GetClients(iCompanyKey, -1);
>        }
>        public static SqlDataReader GetClients(int iCompanyKey, int iClientKey)
>        {
>           // The code is here
>        }
>

>
>I get a compile error on the third overload "csAppDataAccess' already defines a member called 'GetClients' with the same parameter types"
>
>Even though the paramaters are both the same type, they represent different data. I guess I could make one a double and the other int, but I'm wondering if there's a better way?

You're right, in order to overload a method the parameter types have to be different. How about two methods, GetClientsByClient() and GetClientsByCompany()?