Bonnie,

No, you are correct, I should use the SqlDataReader. Thanks!

Kind Regards,

Mat

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>>System.Data.IDataReader does not contain a definition for Item
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>That's because you're using the Interface (IDataReader) rather than OleDbDataReader or SqlDataReader (sorry, I didn't notice that in your original post). It seems strange that they wouldn't have the Item property in the Interface, but it doesn't look like it's there. Do you need to use IDataReader or can you use either the OleDb or Sql DataReader?
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>~~Bonnie
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