[thelist] simple asp.net question

[Jeremy Coulson]

Clearly the problem is my understanding of GridView1.Rows.Count!  When I try
to just display the number of rows using:

            Dim i As Integer = GridView1.Rows.Count
            lbl1.Text = i

I get apparently random numbers.  I'll see a gridview with 5 results and
it'll say 0 or 3 or something else completely incorrect.  So, if anyone can
tell me how to get an integer that is the exact number of rows in the
gridview, I'll gladly add a little variable representing it to my program.

Jeremy Coulson
PC Technician/Webmaster, Frederick County
(540) 722-8211
jcoulson at co.frederick.va.us


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[mailto:thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of Jeremy Coulson
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 11:55 PM
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Subject: [thelist] simple asp.net question

I'm 100% certain I'm missing something really simple on this search I've
been trying to build for our phone directory on our intranet.  Everything is
working correctly except one thing.  When a user enters a search that
returns no result, a label tells the user there were no results.
Unfortunately, the program never makes it to the second half of the
conditional statement and all searches - even successful ones - return the
same message. 

 

You can see the whole code (there's not much!) at
http://www.co.frederick.va.us/coulson/phoneExtensions.aspx (but you have to
download it because that server is running an older framework that doesn't
know gridview).  This is the specific function that is not working:

 

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    Sub nameHandler(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)

        If strSearch.Text = "" Then

            lbl1.Text = "<br /><font color='red'>Please enter a search term
in the box above!</font>"

        Else

            AccessDataSource1.SelectCommand = "SELECT [lastName],
[firstName], [dept], [ext], [email] FROM [tblPhones] WHERE [lastName] = '" +
strSearch.Text + "' OR [firstName] = '" + strSearch.Text + "' ORDER BY
[dept], [lastName]"

            If GridView1.Rows.Count = 0 Then

                lbl1.Text = "<br />Your search for " & strSearch.Text & "
found no results."

            Else

                lbl1.Text = "<br />Search string: " & strSearch.Text & "."

            End If

        End If

    End Sub

 

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 Why does it never get to the Else half of that If?  I'm thinking this is
either a failure of my ability to nest conditional statements, a failure of
my logic, or a failure of my understanding of GridView.Rows.Count.  I've
been beating this dead horse for three hours now and I'm going to bed.
Hopefully I will find a solution tomorrow.  If you know it, feel free to
share!  Thanks!

 

 

Jeremy Coulson

PC Technician/Webmaster, Frederick County

(540) 722-8211

jcoulson at co.frederick.va.us

 

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