Just to get the schema of a table I use FIllSchema. Seems to work fine

>In your select statement for retrieving your table from the backend, just add a where clause of "where 0=1". This will pull the table structure but without any data.
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>>All,
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>>How do you fill a dataset for an empty table? I have an example of filling a DataSet and creating a NewRow() for the table and adding it to the table, but if I just want to add a new record, how do I get the DataTable structure so I can add the new record?
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>>TIA
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>>Rex