C# string data and SQL 2000 binary data

Hi Herbia53, Are you getting the value back as a SqlBinary type (one of the SqlTypes) in your DataSet? If so, this is converted by C# in a byte[] array. To convert from a byte array to a string, you can use the AscIIEncoding method GetString shown below: Converts a specified range of elements in an array of bytes to a String. [C#] [Serializable] public override string GetString( byte[] bytes, int byteIndex, int byteCount ); byteIndex - The index of the first position in bytes to convert. byteCount - The number of bytes to convert. Return Value - A String containing the values of the range in bytes from byteIndex to byteIndex + byteCount decoded as an ASCIIEncoding. -Mike G.