[2005] Bind gridView with MySQL

Hello.
I'm trying to bind a griidview with some MySQL data. I'm using Visual WebDeveloper 2005 Express.

What I do is, create a general function to handle the connections and all that kind of stuf, then, I send to the gridview.DataSource the function, wich will return a dataset.

What happens is that i an't see any data in the gridview.
Can anybody help me?

Thanks in advance.

Code:

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Public Class acessos
    Public num_registos As Integer
    Public VectForm(2048) As Boolean

    Public User As String = "root"
    Public Password As String = "admin"
    Public servidor As String = "localhost"
    Public BD As String = "radioportal"



    Public Function AbreDataSet(ByVal strSQL As String, ByVal Tabela As String) As Data.DataSet
        Dim ds As Data.DataSet
        Dim DataAdapt As Data.Odbc.OdbcDataAdapter
        Dim ConnString As String = _
                            "driver={MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver};server=" & servidor & _
                            ";uid=" & User & _
                            ";pwd=" & Password & _
                            " ;database=" & BD


        Dim conn As New Data.Odbc.OdbcConnection(ConnString)

        Try

            DataAdapt = New Data.Odbc.OdbcDataAdapter(strSQL, ConnString)
            ds = New Data.DataSet

            conn.Open()
            DataAdapt.Fill(ds, Tabela)
            num_registos = ds.Tables(0).Rows.Count.ToString()

            Return ds

        Catch exx As Exception
            'MsgBox(exx.Message & Chr(13), MsgBoxStyle.Information)
        End Try

        'Return ds

    End Function

'------------------------------------------
' 
'------------------------------------------
    Dim acc As New acessos
    Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
        Dim strSQL As String = "Select * from utilizadores"
        Me.GridView1.DataSource = acc.AbreDataSet(strSQL, "utilizadores")  'definir o DataSet a abrir
        Me.GridView1.DataMember = "utilizadores"
    End Sub

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Meanwhile, i removed the error handler and I got this error:

ERROR [HY000] [MySQL][ODBC 3.51 Driver]Unknown MySQL server host 'localhost ' (11001)
ERROR [HY000] [MySQL][ODBC 3.51 Driver]Unknown MySQL server host 'localhost ' (11001)

What's happening?

I've beern using a very similar class in .net 2003 and it was running pretty good. What may have changed so much that i cant connect to server?

After setting Datasource & Datamember properties you have to call gridview.DataBind() method for the data to show on the gridview. For the error, double check your connection string... Frankly, I would use OleDb driver instead of ODBC.

RS_Arm, open up a command window (run -> cmd.exe) and type:

telnet localhost 3306

Do you get the same error?

No. What I get is this message:

E
5.0.24-community-nt-log☺*Jr$Ucq0,☻8i+7pQ&dHzNX

Should this happens?

Thanks you.

stanav, i've included to my code the "gridview.DataBind()" method. Still the same.
Why do you think I should use OleDb instead ODBC?
Thank you.