>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>What is the fastest (or an efficient) method to find out if a dataset (not strongly typed) has a column; by name. For example; I have a dataset MyDataSet (created by loading an XML file) and I want to find out if the dataset has column MyColumn.
>>>>
>>>>TIA
>>>
>>>I think that you might want to look at the datatable, rather than the dataset.
>>>The datatable has a columns collection that contains the names of the columns in the table.
>>>You can search the collection or loop through it looking for the column you have in mind.
>>
>>MyDataSet.MyDataTable.Columns("my column") != null
>>
>>But hopefully, they're not typed data sets... LOL
>Your solution is elegant.
>Please don't start him again, John!

I don't know where that answer came from, since I have no knowledge of programming despite 40 years of it.. lmao..