Matthew,
Have you checked the help files for DataTable.Select? It returns an array of DataRows instead of a DataSet, but it might work faster than going back and forth between xml and Fox functions.

Hope that helps,
---J

>If I create a DataSet with a command like:
>
>DataSet dsOrders = this.GetDataSet("SELECT * FROM orders WHERE conditions")
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>Is it possible to then run a second SQL against the resulting DataSet? I can accomplish this in SQL Server with the following:
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>CREATE VIEW dsOrders AS
>SELECT field1, field2 FROM myTable WHERE conditions
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>SELECT field1, field2 FROM dsOrders WHERE moreconditions
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>I have a complex query that returns a DataSet that I would then like to run several other queries against. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
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>Kind Regards,
>
>Mat