>I guess the only way would be to set a property when I know I can fill the dataset:
>
>

>                        Using loSQLConnection As New SqlConnection(cConnectionString)
>                            oCommand.Connection = loSQLConnection
>                            nResult = oDataAdapter.SelectCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
>
>                            ' If we can fill
>                            If lDataSet Then
>                                oDataAdapter.Fill(oDataSet)
>                            End If
>
>                        End Using
>

>
>Is there something simpler than that I can use to avoid setting up a property?

If you do 'ExecuteNonQuery' I think it automatically means that the query will not return a dataset. Only ExecuteReader returns a dataset.