Michael's right though ... TableAdapters are simply a wrapper around DataAdapters. Personally, I'd stay away from them and I never recommend them. Ever.

~~Bonnie



>>From everything I have read I stay away from TA's ( they are slow and just another layer ) and use the xxxDataAdapter class to load the table into a dataset object and access that object.
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>>If you are loading read only data try using a SqlDataReader.
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>Michael,
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>I want to be able to add/edit/delete records in the related tables. DS/TA looked like a quick way to go and I already have it programmed - I don't want to re-program everything again.