I have a simple class that I am writing using properties. When I attempt to access the value of one of the properties I receive this error:

An object reference is required for the nonstatic field, method, or property 'RC2003.member.mLname'

Here is a code snippet:

public class member
        {
private string mFname, mLname;

        public string LastName
        {
            get {return mLname;}
            set {mLname = value;}
        }

public static void UpdateMember(int ID)
{

// SQL STUFF
            objCmd.Parameters["@mFname"].Value = mFname;
}
}
}

I also tried accessing the property LastName. I'm not entierly sure that I am using the propeties the correct way. Is this right? What am I missing?

Thank you,

-- shawn

The error says it all.

You have a static function. The property is not static. The two don't play together. You much have an instance of your class in order to have an instance of mFname for the line of code in UpdateMember to use. You need to pass all the external values as arguments into a static method or the method must use static or constant values. The method can not use instance fields.