>>Try the following:
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>Dictionary<string, string> MyDictionary = ds.Tables[0].AsEnumerable().ToDictionary(dr => dr["KeyName"].ToString(), dr => dr["KeyValue"].ToString());
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>Excellent suggestion, Rob ... I wanted to mention an additional syntax one could use to cover the situation where your KeyValue, and thus the item in your dictionary, may not be a string:
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>Dictionary<string, int> MyDictionary = ds.Tables[0].AsEnumerable().ToDictionary(dr => dr.Field<string>("KeyName"), dr => dr.Field<int>("KeyValue"));
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>~~Bonnie


Hi All, thanks for all your suggestions I will post back when I decide what to do - who wrote LINQ ? what were they on ?