As I recall, data readers are much more efficient than DataAdapters.

Unfortunately, the code I am refactoring could really benefit from a VS 
generated strongly bound DataRow but it is using a data reader. Is there a 
way to make VS 2003 generate a strongly typed DataRow, DataTable or DataSet 
that can be easily used with a DataReader? Actually all I really want is a 
automatically generated strongly typed DataRow (based on a SQL query) that 
can populate itself from a DataReader.

How can I do that?

Thanks,
Siegfried

Ah, that's like saying a motor is less efficient than the electrical cord 
used to run it.
The DataReader is the low-level mechanism used by the DataAdapter Fill 
method to populate the DataTable(s).
Try to run a query that returns a single row (TOP 1) via a DataReader and 
use the DataTable.Load to populate the DataRow from the DataReader.
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> As I recall, data readers are much more efficient than DataAdapters.
>
> Unfortunately, the code I am refactoring could really benefit from a VS 
> generated strongly bound DataRow but it is using a data reader. Is there a 
> way to make VS 2003 generate a strongly typed DataRow, DataTable or 
> DataSet that can be easily used with a DataReader? Actually all I really 
> want is a automatically generated strongly typed DataRow (based on a SQL 
> query) that can populate itself from a DataReader.
>
> How can I do that?
>
> Thanks,
> Siegfried
>