>>>Whoah - this LINQ stuff is getting interesting - thanks very much for your help
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>>One final ( maybe ) question :-) - I have one routine which loops through a Columns collection of a DataTable and adds the column name as the K and the columns value as the V - could this be achieved with LINQ ? this is how I currently do it
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>>foreach(DataColumn dc in ds.Tables[0].Columns)
>>    MyList.Add(dc.ToString(),ds.Tables[0].Rows[0][dc].ToString());
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>I'm not much of a LINQ expert, far from it ... I've barely used it. I think the above might not be do-able in LINQ, or if it is, probably not very straightforward. If I had a bit of free time, I might be able to play with it and see if I can make it work, but I'm not optimistic about that (both the free time *and* making it work! <g>) ... maybe someone who knows LINQ a good deal better than I can chime in on this question.
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>~~Bonnie

Ok Bonnie, thanks again for your help