Shawn,

An array might be a little faster perhaps ... I just prefer to use DataSets for everything (maybe I'm just stubborn? <g>)

And yes, because you have multiple forms that would be using this paradigm, you should have a separate Biz class that would handle any of the manipulation necessary to process the search criteria.

So, it sounds like you're on the right track.

~~Bonnie



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>Thanks Bonnie, once again your input was valuable.
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>As far as building the Where clause, I've done it both ways ... building it in the Biz class *or* passing parameters to a Stored Proc. It depends on how generic it needs to be, I think.
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>I am going to pass a dataset, never thought of that. So I create the table in the GUI and then pass the Dataset as a parameter to the biz object - just to make sure I am getting this.
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>because I have multiple forms that use the same style for filtering the data, just some may have or less "where clauses", would I create its own class and then just pass back the string where clause to the Biz, for customers, or suppliers?
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>I am just doing a sound check to make sure I got this idea right.
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>Would an array be better, less memory instensive and would it have a smaller footprint than a DataSet.
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>Because i look through an array as well.
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>I am looking for speed, so any suggestions is good.
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>Thanks Bonnie.