Have you imported System.IO namespace?

>There is no type called StringReader
>
>>Aha...I know what it is.
>>
>>ReadSchema() has eight overloaded methods and none of them accepts String as XML..Try the following..
>>
>>

>>StringReader loStream = new StringReader(lcXML);
>>XmlTextReader loXmlTextReader = new XmlTextReader(loStream);
>>	
>>loDataSet.ReadXml((loXmlTextReader,XmlReadMode.ReadSchema);
>>
>>loStream.Close();
>>loXmlTextReader.Close();
>>
>>

>>
>>>I've changed added XmlReadMode.ReadSchema, but I am still getting the same error.
>>>
>>>>You will have to tell ReadXml to actually read the schema. The following would work.
>>>>
>>>>dsStaff.ReadXml(lcStaffXML, XmlReadMode.ReadSchema);
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I am getting the error "Invalid URI: The URI scheme is not valid." When I use ReadXML() into a dataset. I don't understand what the error means. Is the XML invalid? Any ideas what could be invalid about it?
>>>>>
>>>>>oStaff is a VFP COM object that returns a VFP cursor using CursorToXML with the following parameters.
>>>>>
>>>>>

>>>>>= CURSORTOXML("cResult","lcXMLResult",1,0,0,"1")
>>>>>

>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>

>>>>>// create staff object
>>>>>int lnStaffID;
>>>>>string lcStaffXML;
>>>>>Staff oStaff = new Staff();
>>>>>DataSet dsStaff = new DataSet();
>>>>>
>>>>>lnStaffID = Convert.ToInt32(Request.QueryString.Get("id"));
>>>>>// get the XML string of the unchanged data
>>>>>lcStaffXML = oStaff.GetRecord(lnStaffID);
>>>>>// read xml string into a dataset
>>>>>dsStaff.ReadXml(lcStaffXML);
>>>>>

>>>>>
>>>>>Here is the XML string
>>>>>
>>>>>

>>>>><?xml version = "1.0" encoding="Windows-1252" standalone="yes"?>
>>>>><VFPData>
>>>>>	<xsd:schema id="VFPData" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:msdata="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-msdata">
>>>>>		<xsd:element name="VFPData" msdata:IsDataSet="true">
>>>>>			<xsd:complexType>
>>>>>				<xsd:choice maxOccurs="unbounded">
>>>>>					<xsd:element name="cresult">
>>>>>						<xsd:complexType>
>>>>>							<xsd:sequence>
>>>>>								<xsd:element name="id">
>>>>>									<xsd:simpleType>
>>>>>										<xsd:restriction base="xsd:decimal">
>>>>>											<xsd:totalDigits value="7"/>
>>>>>											<xsd:fractionDigits value="0"/>
>>>>>										</xsd:restriction>
>>>>>									</xsd:simpleType>
>>>>>								</xsd:element>
>>>>>								<xsd:element name="name">
>>>>>									<xsd:simpleType>
>>>>>										<xsd:restriction base="xsd:string">
>>>>>											<xsd:maxLength value="20"/>
>>>>>										</xsd:restriction>
>>>>>									</xsd:simpleType>
>>>>>								</xsd:element>
>>>>>								<xsd:element name="info">
>>>>>									<xsd:simpleType>
>>>>>										<xsd:restriction base="xsd:string">
>>>>>											<xsd:maxLength value="20"/>
>>>>>										</xsd:restriction>
>>>>>									</xsd:simpleType>
>>>>>								</xsd:element>
>>>>>								<xsd:element name="in" type="xsd:boolean"/>
>>>>>							</xsd:sequence>
>>>>>						</xsd:complexType>
>>>>>					</xsd:element>
>>>>>				</xsd:choice>
>>>>>			</xsd:complexType>
>>>>>		</xsd:element>
>>>>>	</xsd:schema>
>>>>>	<cresult>
>>>>>		<id>23</id>
>>>>>		<name>John Smith</name>
>>>>>		<info>CSICU</info>
>>>>>		<in>true</in>
>>>>>	</cresult>
>>>>></VFPData>
>>>>>
>>>>>