Hi Tim,

OK... Thanks. Sounds like the way to go. But when I do, the compiler complains that it cannot implicitly convert my dataset to a binding list.

I've created the dataset...

public DataSet GetClientReviewList(string clientName)
{
return this.GetDataSet("ClientReviewList", this.CreateParameter("@Name", clientName));
}

And this is what chokes...

this.grdMainDataGrid.ItemsSource = this.ClientReviewController.GetClientReviewList(e.SearchString);

How do I cast a dataset to a binding list?

Guy






>Hi Guy,
>
>Since this is for lookup purpose and not using for updates I would just create your stored procedure to return what you want and then in your business object you can return a DataSet rather than an entity list and calling that stored procedure. This way you join whatever you want from your tables.
>Tim
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>Using MM.NET 4.0, classic entities (not Entity Framework).
>>
>>Here is the problem I'm trying to solve... I want a lookup list for some objects in a child table, but I want a field from the parent table to display in the list. The best example I can think of is a customer with invoices. (That's not what I'm really working with but this simple example will do.)
>>
>>Imagine a customer table (custPK, custName, blah, blah, blah)
>>And an invoice table (invPK, custFK, item, Qty, Amt)
>>
>>I want an entity list of invoices (for look up purposes only) that contains:
>> ( invPK, custName, Item, Qty, Amt )
>>
>>Note the custName field comes from another table other than the primary entity.
>>
>>I have been using mmBindingList for creating lookups and lists of single-table entities and this has worked well.
>>
>>But how do I grab a field from another table? I tried to use the BLG to create a new entity for this purpose but unless I'm missing something, it can only create custom entities from a single table.
>>
>>Any ideas?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Guy