>>Does the weather suck over there on the Eastside? Probably not. It's definitely winter over here by the Sound.

Nah, not too bad over here yet ... although they're predicting snow showers here in the valley for tomorrow, so we'll see. It's been too sunny over here to be considered "winter" yet. Eburg's in a valley and we typically get a temperature-inversion phenomena that leaves the whole valley fog-enshrouded for most of the winter. Gets downright depressing after a month or so of that. =(

>Live and learn. Of course, I learn more by chosing the wrong approach than the right one, <

Yep, seems to be the way it always happens. <s>

>but it surely cuts in to billable hours. <s> <

Well, I haven't had to worry about that in a long time ... for better or worse. <s>

So, it sounds like you'll be switching to the DataSet approach instead? I'm a big advocate of DataSets, although to be fair, I've not even tried to use a DataReader, so what do I know? <g>

~~Bonnie