I'm not sure what you're trying to accomplish, but a dataset doesn't load until you tell it to, so you get NoDataOnLoad by default. A SQL Server View is not the same as a DataSet.

>I take it all back, I am using the sql server connection. I am using sqlserver views and XtraReports to generate reports in a vb.net project. (obviously I am more oriented to VFP than vb.net). The view is used as the basis for a dataset. The user can then enter or choose various parameters to operate against the dataset (view). I may be confused about how views work in sqlserver, but it appears to me that if the view creates a dataset then that dataset will be populated with all possible records. The report then applies a filter to the dataset and prints.
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>What I would like is the equivalent to vfps nodataonload for the dataset. Is this possible or have I completely misunderstood how things work?