I'm new to vb.net and xml so bear with me please. I'm working on a very simple program that will read an xml file into a dataset and then the dataset is bound to a datgrid for viewing. If I use the XML file that was generated by .net, this works fine. If I use my original XML file this does not work. I found that the file that .net generated under my project has a line referencing the namespace. The original xml file doesn't. My question is, is there a way to use the file that doesn't include the namespace? I will be receiving xml files that won't include the namespace so I will need to be able to load them.