' create and return a DataAdapter over an open SqlConnection' and initialize its delete, insert, and update commands'' CN is the SqlConnection object' SQL is the SQL Select statement to be executed'' any exception is thrown to the callerFunction CreateDataAdapter_Sql(ByVal cn As System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection, _ ByVal sql As String) As System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataAdapter ' Create the DataAdapter Dim da As New System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataAdapter(sql, cn) ' create a CommandBuilder Dim cb As New System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommandBuilder(da) ' derive the delete/insert/update commands da.DeleteCommand = cb.GetDeleteCommand() da.InsertCommand = cb.GetInsertCommand() da.UpdateCommand = cb.GetUpdateCommand() ' dispose the CommandBuilder and return the result cb.Dispose() Return daEnd Function