Sure ...

// assuming you already have the connection, oConnection, and the DataSet, ds
SqlCommand sc = new SqlCommand("mySP", this.oConnection);
sc.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
SqlDataAdapter da = new SqlDataAdapter(sc);

int iRows = da.Fill(ds)

Easy enough for ya? <g>

~~Bonnie


>is there a way to populate a dataset table by calling a stored procedure. i know i can run the executereader method to populate a datareader and then populate the dataset from the reader, but is there a way to populate a dataset without executing the executereader first. thanks for the help