We've been through this. Don't use out parameters. If you get no rows back, return null.

>Hi everybody,
>
>I am wondering if what I've written is OK or it's better to use boolean merhod here and return row as a parameter?
>
>

>/// <summary>
>        /// Returns row for Pass table
>        /// </summary>
>        /// <param name="sqlCommand"></param>
>        /// <returns></returns>
>        public DataRow GetPassRow(SqlCommand sqlPassCommand, ref String messageText, ref Int32 statusCode)
>        {
>            DataSet ds;
>            if (database.ExecuteSqlCommand(sqlPassCommand, out ds, ref messageText, ref statusCode))
>                return ds.Tables[0].Rows[0];
>            else
>                return new DataRow(); // Empty data row
>        }

>
>The problem I see here is how should I examine the result of this method when I call it? Perhaps it's better to use the out parameter?
>
>Thanks in advance.