ASP.NET and VB.NET OleDbConnection Problem
- by Matt
I'm working on an ASP.NET website where I am using an asp:repeater with paging done through a VB.NET code-behind file. I'm having trouble with the database connection though. As far as I can tell, the paging is working, but I can't get the data to be certain.
The database is a Microsoft Access database. The function that should be accessing the database is:
Dim pagedData As New PagedDataSource
Sub Page_Load(ByVal obj As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
doPaging()
End Sub
Function getTheData() As DataTable
Dim DS As New DataSet()
Dim strConnect As New OleDbConnection("Provider = Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=App_Data/ArtDatabase.mdb")
Dim objOleDBAdapter As New OleDbDataAdapter("SELECT ArtID, FileLocation, Title, UserName, ArtDate FROM Art ORDER BY Art.ArtDate DESC", strConnect)
objOleDBAdapter.Fill(DS, "Art")
Return DS.Tables("Art").Copy
End Function
Sub doPaging()
pagedData.DataSource = getTheData().DefaultView
pagedData.AllowPaging = True
pagedData.PageSize = 2
Try
pagedData.CurrentPageIndex = Int32.Parse(Request.QueryString("Page")).ToString()
Catch ex As Exception
pagedData.CurrentPageIndex = 0
End Try
btnPrev.Visible = (Not pagedData.IsFirstPage)
btnNext.Visible = (Not pagedData.IsLastPage)
pageNumber.Text = (pagedData.CurrentPageIndex + 1) & " of " & pagedData.PageCount
ArtRepeater.DataSource = pagedData
ArtRepeater.DataBind()
End Sub
The ASP.NET is:
<asp:Repeater ID="ArtRepeater" runat="server">
<HeaderTemplate>
<h2>Items in Selected Category:</h2>
</HeaderTemplate>
<ItemTemplate>
<li>
<asp:HyperLink runat="server" ID="HyperLink"
NavigateUrl='<%# Eval("ArtID", "ArtPiece.aspx?ArtID={0}") %>'>
<img src="<%# Eval("FileLocation") %>"
alt="<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Title") %>t"/> <br />
<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Title") %>
</asp:HyperLink>
</li>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>
