hi every body Im in big trouble please help me im using obout grid control and ineed to put detailed grid inside it the problem is how can i know the branch id that i need in the select query for the child grid i try using OnRow databound method but it give me null referance exception this part of code protected void OnGridRowDataBound(object sender, GridRowEventArgs e) { if (e.Row.RowIndex != -1 && e.Row.DataItem != null) { GridView GrdChildFind= new GridView(); GrdChildFind = (GridView)(e.Row.FindControl("grid2")); GrdChildFind.DataSource = GetBranchInfo(((DataRowView)e.Row.DataItem)["Branch_Id"].ToString()); GrdChildFind.DataBind(); and this the definsion of detailed grid <MasterDetailSettings LoadingMode="OnCallback" /> <DetailGrids> <obout:DetailGrid runat="server" ID="grid2" AutoGenerateColumns="false" AllowAddingRecords="true" ShowFooter="true" PageSize="5" FolderStyle="styles/premiere_blue" ForeignKeys="Branch_Id" OnInsertCommand="Insert2" OnUpdateCommand="Update2" OnDeleteCommand="Delate2"> <ClientSideEvents OnClientInsert="Insert2" OnClientUpdate="Update2" OnClientDelete="Delete2" /> <Columns>

sorry for being late.......please tell me how to enable sql browser

ops it didnt work ido all thing but the same problem occured

i enabled it and it suggest to restart sql what to do next????

i add database name but it give me the same result :sigh: what is ment by Verify that the instance name is correct ?????

what is wrong with my connecting string????

Asp.net and im using mixed mode my code string m = "Data Source=./SQLEXPRESS;AttachDbFilename=C:/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/MSSQL.1/MSSQL/Data/TestData.mdf;Integrated Security=True;Connect Timeout=30;User Instance=True"; SqlConnection mycon = new SqlConnection(m); mycon.open();

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thanks for your reply but it didnt work i try it many times before :sigh: do u have any thing else?

hi every body im having a big problem. icant connect to my data base. i have this error A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. (provider: Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 - Could not open a connection to SQL Server) i dont know what to do please help me

hi every body iwant to ask how can i implement communication between 2 web sites first web asks the second about some information and the other also keeps a record of information about clients (web pages) that connected with it. its just like central server and clients connecting to it h dont know realy how to do this in asp.net please help me with the code or give me an example. thanks