retreiving data from databse to web page

[Kunal P]

hi i wanted to ask that how can we retreive the values from a databse and write them on to the web form i used the code below to just retreive one column, though the browser gave me a errr. it stated that message recieved from server could not be parsed.. exception.. and that too when i had exception handling in place.. while (dread.Read()) { Response.Write(dread["Firstname"]); } any ideas..

Kunal

[Naveed Kamboh]

first check if you are getting data in dread i.e datareader then cast to string Response.Write(dread["Firstname"].ToString());

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[Kunal P]

i did try that and also checked with Console.Write(dread[0]) but when i tried with console... nuthing got printed.. though.. no error came.. also now how do i check whether dread has a value.. when i debugged.. it does follow the loop... though the VIsibleFiledCOUnt = 12 i guess that means it has data..

Kunal

[Sathesh Sakthivel]

Hey did u try by putting Break Points in your code.

Regards, Satips.

[Kunal P]

Satips wrote:

Hey did u try by putting Break Points in your code.

yeah!! thats how i performed my debugging... and got those values..

Kunal