That's what I saw too, but was trying to get him to see that things weren't right.

>True, just depends on what he wants or is trying to do. Lots of options. His question was how to access the DataSet outside the method but was scoping it inside without returning it. I guess I just responded to what was on the surface and figured he would go "oh, duh". but then assuming too much gets one in trouble. :-)
>Tim