[RESOLVED] Member parameters always set to null...?

Hello!

I've an ASP web page in which a button click handler requires access to the page's member parameters. Every time the button routine runs however, the member parameters seem to be null (values = NOTHING).

The code is appended below. Sorry for the length of the code, but I wanted to make sure I wasn't missing anything, and that my problem was clear.

The page initializes fine, and the date is pulled correctly and displayed in the grid upon load... but whenever the button routine commences, dsEmployee is a null value (I checked with the debugger).

I've tried prefacing the variable names with ME, but this changed nothing.

Since I'm a newbie, I've a sneaking suspicion that the solution will be so obvious as to verge on the ridiculous... Any ideas?

VB Code:

Imports System.Data.SqlClient
Imports System.Data
 
 
Partial Class AddEmployee
    Inherits System.Web.UI.Page
 
    Dim daEmployee As SqlDataAdapter
    Dim dsEmployee As DataSet
 
    Const stConnection As String = "Data Source=.\sqlexpress;Initial Catalog=dbBatteries;Integrated Security=True"
 
    Const stSelect As String = "SELECT LastName, FirstName, Number, EmployeeID " + _
                                "FROM tblEmployee ORDER BY LastName"
 
    Const stTableName As String = "Employee"
 
 
 
 
    Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
 
        If Not Me.IsPostBack Then
 
            ' data connection
            daEmployee = New SqlDataAdapter(stSelect, stConnection)
 
            ' data island
            dsEmployee = New DataSet(stTableName)
 
            ' fill data island
            daEmployee.Fill(dsEmployee, stTableName)
 
            ' bind data to control
            grdEmployee.DataSource = dsEmployee.Tables(stTableName)
            grdEmployee.DataBind()
 
        End If
 
    End Sub
 
    Protected Sub butInsert_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles butInsert.Click
 
        'daEmployee.InsertCommand.CommandText = stInsert
        Dim drEmployee As DataRow
 
        ' create a datarow object (there exists no constructor)
        drEmployee = dsEmployee.Tables(stTableName).NewRow()
 
        ' fill in its values
        drEmployee.Item("LastName") = txtLastName.Text
        drEmployee.Item("FirstName") = txtFirstName.Text
        drEmployee.Item("Number") = CInt(txtNumber.Text)
 
        ' add it to the data island
        dsEmployee.Tables(stTableName).Rows.Add(drEmployee)
 
    End Sub
 
End Class

in ASP.NET, just like in classic ASP, objects are erased with every page refresh, thus since in yor load event you are not populating the objects if the page is a postback, they are empty.

Either use these variables in your button click, or else remove that if statement.

To preserve the dataset values, put it in viewstate.

Thanks guys! I've got it working now.