Am I missing something?Yes!!
ds != null is not the same as ds =! null (and, in fact, the latter will produce a compiler error). Maybe you need glasses? <vbg>
~~Bonnie
>>> Also 'ds = !null' is not valid syntax
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>Why not? Getting back to my method that creates a data set. After the data set is created I need to rename the table inside this data set. So what I do is the following
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>DataSet myDataSet = MyClass.FillDataSet( SqlCommand, out ErrorMessage);
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>if (myDataSet != null )
>{
> myDataSet.Tables[0].TableName = "myTableName";
>}
>else
>{
> // add to the error message explanation
> ErrorMessage = "Problem occurred. " + ErrorMessage;
>}
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>So far the above syntax has worked. Am I missing something? Thank you.