Brian,

Bonnie hit it in the eye...

Search help for "narrowing conversion" and select "Compiler Error CS0029" topic:

"A narrowing conversion exists when converting to a data type that occupies less storage space in memory than the data type we are converting from."

There's info in there on how to best solve your issue.
---J

>Overload problem
>
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>I’m writing a method to retrive data in one of my BizObj’s and I’d Like to use a overload to and pass the int Primary key or a string containing a where clause. I’m declairing it like this.
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>Public Function GetClientProFile(byVal tnClientID as int16)as DataSet
> Some code
>End Function
>
>Public Function GetClientProFile(byVal tcWhere as string)as DataSet
> Some code
>End Function
>
>This throw the following error whenever I try to call the method.
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>Overload resolution failed because no accessable ‘GetClientProFile’ can be
>Called without a narrowing conversion.
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>
>Anyone know what I’ve gotten wrong?
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>
>Thanks
> Brian G