>Okay, this is evidence that I've thought like a VFP programmer for a long time. What I want to do might look something like this:
>

>
>public class MyClass()
>{ 
>    DataRow table1;
>    DataRow table2;
>
>    public void AssignRow(DataRow input)
>    {
>        tableName = input.Table.TableName; // (could be "table1" or "table2")
>        &tableName = input; //notice the clever use of VFP syntax...
>    }
>}
>

>
>Any way of doing this short of a potentially long select statement?
>
>Thanks

In the latest version of C# you can use dynamic keyword.

So,

dynamic d;
d = 5;
d = new SqlConnection();

etc.

But 'static when possible, dynamic when necessary'