"Dave" wrote:

> Hi, is there any underlying difference between loading a generic collection
> from a reader using the two methods:
>
> List<User> colUsers = new List<Users>();
>
> while (reader.Read())
> {
> User user = new User();
> user.FirstName = (string)reader["FirstName"];
> user.LastName = (string)reader["LastName"];
> colUsers .Add(user);
> }
>
> ----vs----
>
> while (reader.Read())
> {
> colUsers.Add(new User
> (
> (string)reader["FirstName"],
> (string)reader["LastName"]
> ));
> }
>
>
> Creating the object first and then adding values worked fine. But using the
> second method by loading the values in the constructor, the colUsers.Count
> was correct based on the query, but each of the object's properties in the
> collection were null. it's as if the object's weren't retaining their values