[DOTNET] why does DataSet have to be static meber

[Karen Healey]

Hi,

I've created a class in C# with a DataSet data member declared like this:

     private DataSet dstMaster;

I have a method that builds it by concatenating three datasets together
like this:

   dstMaster = dstOrg.Copy();
   dstMaster.Merge( dstContact );
   dstMaster.Merge( dstFunding );

In a SEPARATE method, I try to access the contents of the dataset but it
is empty!

If I declare the dataset as static, I don't have this problem.  I don't
understand why this is necessary.

If someone could explain this to me it would be appreciated.

Thank you,

Karen Healey

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