Question

How can I retuen a Object from a web service:

[WebMethod] public DataSet GetVendors(string Database) { SqlConnection sqlConn = new SqlConnection();

        sqlConn.ConnectionString = GetConnString(Database);          // build query         string strSQL = @'  SELECT      [No_] AS [VendorNo],                                         LTRIM([Name]) AS [VendorName]                              FROM        [********_$Vendor]                              WHERE       LEN(RTRIM([Name])) > 0 /* avoid blank names */                              AND         [Vendor Posting Group] = 'VEND'                              ORDER BY    LTRIM([Name]) ASC; /* LTRIM fixes spaces before name */ ';          SqlDataAdapter da = new SqlDataAdapter(strSQL, sqlConn);          DataSet ds = new DataSet();          da.Fill(ds, 'Vendors');          return (ds);     } 

Answer 1

If I’m interpreting your question properly, populate an object on your end with your information in the DataSet and set your return type to object. Or just return the object you populate as that object.