hello people. <BR> here what i've done<BR><BR> Dim sqlDA As New SqlDataAdapter("select firstname, lastname, birthdate from employees", myConn)<BR><BR> Dim display_birthdate As Integer<BR> display_birthdate = (i want the value of birthdate to come from the datebase, the query string above.)<BR><BR> How do i put the value of birthdate to display_birthdate from the dataadapter? can someone show mehow this is done? thanks<BR>in advance prople.<BR><BR>simonsqlDA("birthdate") or sqlDA(2)