Web Form DataGrid not displaying - please help me!!!

[almurph]

Hi,

This is weird, please help. Its probably very simple but I'm stuck! I
have populated a dataset with some data from a session variable:

Dim dsTables As DataSet = Session("soLookupTables")


And now I am trying to display it to a DataGrid widget using the
following code:

Dim myTable As DataTable = dsTables.Tables("CNTYNAMES")
Me.DataGrid1.DataSource = myTable.DefaultView


Problem is though - nothing is appearing o nthe Web form page. I've
tried everything

a. try-catches (no errors thrown)
b. Closing down and opening up (no change)
c. DataGrid properties - everything looks okay


There is definitely data in the dataset. 2 tables to be exact. In the
one specified there are 16 rows. I have used code like:

Me.Label1.Text = dsTables.Tables("CNTYNAMES").Rows(0).Item(0)

and have seens some sensible data. I just don't know why the DataGrid
is not displaying. Please help me I'm stuck!!!

Thanks,
Al.

 

[Mike]

do you have data in your dataset?
to check that you can do

dataset.writeXML("filename.xml");

and then you can open the XML file and verify you are getting data back.

try that and see what happens,

 

[Mike]

I don't see

datagrid1.databind();

in your code snippet

what happens?

 

[Mark Rae]

Dim myTable As DataTable = dsTables.Tables("CNTYNAMES")
Me.DataGrid1.DataSource = myTable.DefaultView

You have done the first two stages of the three that are required here:

1) Instantiated a DataSet
2) Told your DataGrid that it will be using the DataSet as its DataSource

What you haven't done is actually bind the data to the DataGrid:
Me.DataGrid1.DataBind