Dave,
You have to use Typed DataSets (I'm assuming that you're not). Check out Cathi's reply to a similar question, Message #
867367, for the steps to go through to set the default value in the .xsd.
~~Bonnie
>Hi, I fill a DataSet from table of SQL Server 2000.
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>I want to use the default value in the FlexGrid.Net. So I want to use default value from the schema of the table.
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>So, I tried to use the default value in the DataSet but the value is always System.DBNull.
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>Do you have a solution ?
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>Dave.