>>I am actually not sure how to proceed here.
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>>In VFP we had one method that opened several related tables (executed a few SQL commands and set pointers). Then other methods first called that method and then operated with these opened tables and did their work.
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>>So, I have a few methods to program which were using this method. I am not exactly sure what common method do I need to create to be able to access dataRows from several tables.
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>The best way to have an answer to a question is .. to leave it unanswered

I am not sure what do you mean - seat on it in my mind a bit before the solution comes up?