Dataset. Type conversions.

That worked. Thanks so much for the help!

ahh..okay...then you want to do something like this... DataTable aTable = new DataTable(); DataColumn dtCol; DataRow dtRow; // Create Hour Column and add to the DataTable. dtCol = new DataColumn(); dtCol.DataType= System.Type.GetType("System.String"); dtCol.ColumnName = "Hour"; dtCol.Caption = "Hour"; // Add the column to the DataColumnCollection. aTable.Columns.Add(dtCol); // Create rows for the table dtRow = aTable.NewRow(); dtRow["Hour"] = "8:00AM-8:59AM"; aTable.Rows.Add(dtRow); Does that help?

...unless of course you're trying to set the Caption for the column, which would be like this.. dt.Columns["myColumn"].Caption = "myCaption";

Yes. I am trying to add a row by assigning a value to a column in my dataset. The dataset is "agencyDS1". I want the column called "AgencyId" to be assigned the value "A90237". Should I be adding a row before I do this? I am not sure I am doing this right. I am new to using Datasets. Thank you.

hmm... I'm not sure exactly what you're trying to do here, a Column in any kind of table cannot be a string, do you mean to be adding rows to your table and adding a string into a file of the row? -James