For each of the examples (SQL Server, Access & Excel), the only things being displayed in browser are the <H3> contents - NO datagrid results and no errors displayed. The code is exactly as in the book and this is not a ASPNET user privilege issue within the databases.
I have been able to successfully run the SQL Server and Access pages on my home computer, but not on my work computer, so I fear that part of the problem maybe in the installation/configuration of .NET Studio 2002, NetSDK, or .NET Framework.

It appears that many other people have had problems in this section of the book.

Let me know if there is other information that I could provide in order to solve this problem.

Thanks,

Rance

Could u send ur Code, I dint have the book!

Always:),
Hovik Melkomian.

I've been having the same problem, and I finally opened a case with Microsoft and had them look at the code. Here is their reply:

I was reviewing the code sample you sent in, and I believe you are missing only one small thing. I just added " Handles MyBase.Load" to the Page_Load declaration and it worked like a charm. Here is the declaration in the code attached to the case:

Sub Page_Load(Source As Object, E As EventArgs)

Here is the line after adding the handler:

Sub Page_Load(Source As Object, E As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

Without the handler specified, the code that binds the datagrid to the datareader never runs because the program does not know that Page_Load is intended to fire on the page load event. You should be able to verify that by stepping through the code in debug mode before and after adding the handler.

Please try this and let me know the results!

Thanks,
Microsoft Developer Support

I tried it out and it works. Why Wrox hasn't identified this as errata is beyond me, but I am going to submit it now.