That was it, it works. Thanks for your patience.

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