>Generally, I use the DataAdapter to fill a dataset/datatable. You can use "myTable.Rows.Count" to get the # of rows.
>
>Normally, I only use views if I want to further whittle down/filter the contents of a datatable.

I just can't make this work.

    Public Shared oData As DataView

        oData = New DataView

        ' Get all records from Message.dbf
        oData = Framework.VFPSQLAdapterDataView("SELECT UPPER(Key) AS Key,UPPER(Module) AS Module,French,English FROM Message", toForm.lcStartupDirectory)

        ' As we are reading the entire messages table into a view, we have to create a primary key
        ' in order to accelerate the search.
        oData.PrimaryKey = New DataColumn() {oData.Columns("Key"), oData.Columns("Module")}

The oData.PrimaryKey gives an error at development time. It says PrimaryKey is not a member of a view.