I see nothing wrong if someone chooses to disagree as I would disagree about DS. I didn't understand at all what does "breaks down too often" mean. FYI Linq is not confined to VS and is not for Access - and I didn't know it would work against access anyway.

Cetin

> Why are you messing up with TA or DS and not simply using the cool L2S (ignoring the myths about it is dead).
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>Cetin, L2S is 'ok' for some things, but breaks down too often (doesn't support isolation levels as well, doesn't allow subclassing in certain areas).
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>There's a view amongst many database professionals that L2S is for "the Access crowd, for people who want to be Visual Studio operators". Sure, DB pros can be a bit snobbish at times, but I agree with that mindset more than I disagree. (And for the record, I certainly don't view as part of what I put in quotes) :)
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>Naomi, as Bonnie said (and I agree 1000%), the issue is not with the dataset, it's with the TA. I hate to make blanket statements, but stay away from the TA. Bonnie has published code on using datasets in a distributed enviornment, I've written and published code, and so have many others. You're better off studying those, than trying to use the TA.