I have some odd behavior. After completting the Try it out Chapter 13 which starts on page 428, when running the Reviews/All.aspx page as suggested at step 8 I get this error:

Only assignment, call, increment, derement, and new object expressions can be used as a statement

in relation to this code:

using (PlanetWroxDataContext myDataContext = newPlanetWroxDataContext())
{
var allReviews = from review in myDataContext.Reviews
where review.Authorized == true
orderby review.CreateDateTime descending
select review;
GridView1.DataSource = allReviews;
GridView1.DataBind();
}

The issue is with 'GridView1.DataBind();' spacifically the GridView1 part of it. I check my code, then check it again. Finally I re-save the page running out of things to try, no luck. I shut down VS and re-open and the issue goes away. very odd! SO I move on through the book. Now the next LINQ try it out starting on page 439 I get exactly the same behavior. This time its the Reviews/AllByGenre.aspx for this code:

protectedvoid Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
using (PlanetWroxDataContext myDataContext = newPlanetWroxDataContext())
{
var allGenres = from genre in myDataContext.Genres
orderby genre.Name
selectnew { genre.Name, genre.Reviews };
Repeater1.DataSource = allGenres;
Repeater1.DataBind();
}
}

As the previous issue was its caused by 'Repeater1.DataBind();' specifically the 'Repeater1' part . NOTE inside VS ''Repeater1' is underlined in blue indicating onmouseover the same error as I get when I try to run the page:

Only assignment, call, increment, derement, and new object expressions can be used as a statement

So I close down VS, re-open it and the error goes away. Why would I be getting this behaviour. Am I missing something? Note I am using VS 2010.

TYIA

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Hi Matt,

Could it be that the error is actually in a different file or page? What happens when you right-click the site and choose Build Web Site (or Rebuild Web Site) and the double-click the error? Does the error list list the filename with the offending piece of code? And does the page work at run-time?

P.S. When posting code, can you please use the Remove Text Formatting button or paste in Notepad first? Now (because of a bug in this forum) the code gets messed up making it hard to see a potential problem.

Imar

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Hi Imar

Look I guess that must be why. I mean if there isnt a commonly known 'Oh this is why, because......'

That said. I did think of that and Shift + Ctrl + S to save all open docs and then Ctrl + F5 to hopefully get a fresh page. I then closed the browser and tried witha fresh browser. mmmmm very strange. Anyhow Im upto Chapter 13 now, it has not happened again.

I am however having real issues with the Chapter 13 try it out 'Inserting and deleting data with the list view control' I have been through this (and the previous one incase the issue is related) twice now unsuccesfully. I will carefully try this a third time before creating a new post. After looking at the errata page of course

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