Hi Karl,

You can use the SelectedIndex property of the combobox to perform the lookup in the DataTable assigned to it. Here is an example:

// This code sets the source of the combobox
this.comboBox1.DataSource = this.dataSet1.Tables["MyTable"];
this.comboBox1.DisplayMember = "MyField";
this.comboBox1.ValueMember = "MyField";

// Somewhere in code where you need to find out the selected item in the combobox
DataRow dr = this.dataSet1.Tables["MyTable"].Rows[this.comboBox1.SelectedIndex];

>I was able to bind a database column to a combobox. now my problem is after the user selects an item from it. how will i know the current index or position of the item in the database w/o doing another select statement? (saves some processes)