No, not without any coding. You could easily modify the BackgroundWorker to support such a thing. Fortunately for you, someone's already done this: QueuedBackgroundWorker component[^]. Tech, life, family, faith: Give me a visit. I'm currently blogging about: Rabbi Kadouri Meets Messiah? The apostle Paul, modernly speaking: Epistles of Paul Judah Himango

along with the two methods specified by Wout Louwers also this can be used SELECT @intPrjID = (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM dbo.tbl_projects_main WHERE prj_custom_id = @strProjectID) (i.e. instead of SET, SELECT can be used.)

The fact that you're using the DataGridView means you're using VS.Net 2005. The designer is really helpful in setting up datagridview columns and formatting if you need anything beyond basic formatting and display. Check that out if you get a chance.