Dim rowsaff As Integer = 0 Dim updated As Integer = 0 If IsNothing(SSDataSet) Then Exit Sub With Me rowsaff = .EggsTableAdapter.DelEgg(lbEggs.SelectedValue) updated = .EggsTableAdapter.Update(.SSDataSet.Eggs) MsgBox("rows affected: " & rowsaff) MsgBox("Updated?: " & updated) ref() End With