Mapping a GridBoundColumn to the underlying DataColumn

Thanks for the response Clay. I was hoping to avoid having to evaluate the DataSource type (DataSet, DataTable, etc), to extract the underlying "table". In a reponse to one of my previous questions, you steered me towards using the CurrencyManager to extract the underlying DataRow based upon the grid row index. Is there some method like this for retrieving a DataColumn based upon the grid column index? Doug > GridBoundColumn.MappingName holds the name of the DataColumn. > > > //get the datacolumn for the 3rd col in grid > string dataTableColumnName = this.gridDataBoundGrid1.GridBoundColumns[2].MappingName; > DataColumn dc = this.dataTable1.Columns[dataTableColumnName];