Sorry, Tom ... why on Earth would you think that making a round-trip back to the server is quicker than using a RowFilter on a DataSet for which you've already retrieved data?

~~Bonnie

>One more suggestion:
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>As an example if you are using the SqlDataAdapter try:
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>SqlDataAdapter1.SelectCommand.CommandText = “your select statement goes here”
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>This should be faster than using the RowFilter.