I think you can do that with ADO.NET using the Select method on the Tables collection which returns you a set of rows from the existing data.

I just can't remember whether it works only on a single table current table (ie. it's a table property) or whether you can run it across tables (ie. it's part of the Tables collection). I think both are available actually...

Can't check this second though...

+++ Rick ---

>That would be a great feature to have native in .NET. We have been spoiled by all the great features in VFP and notice how much we miss them when they are taken away.
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>>Cathi...
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>>I read the article you mentioned...this capability is a god-send for me, because I frequently need to do further 'data munging' on result sets.
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>>A question - what are the odds that (anytime soon) someone will release a provider for ADO.NET that allows native set-based queries of data tables?
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>>Thanks,
>>Kevin