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Maybe I am not using these templates correctly, however I am looking for a template/collection that allows me to add an object by string only, yet enumerate through the collection with foreach, or for (x=....).

I don't quite understand your request. The ArrayList template supports indexing by position (integer) or by an arbitrary property which might be a string. But I don't know what you mean by "adding an object by string only". Could you elaborate, or provide an example?

I guess I was looking for an already made template that creates a collection that acts like the ado.net dataset tables and columns collections. These two collections allow you to access the collection by string or integer. The last part is just a business rule... I would only like items to be added to the collection by string ( collection.Add(string string).

I don't know about ADO.NET or database tables but have you looked at the DictionaryList and SortedList templates? Both collections are dictionaries, i.e. they store a key with each element, and they also allow access by index position. SortedList sorts its elements by their keys while DictionaryList retains the insertion order.