>>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()?

Or GetClient() and GetClientsByCompany90 ?
Or wait for C# 4 where we get named parameters :-}
Viv