Populate Datalist on Web User Control

Forget about recordser, think ADO.NET with Datasets and DataTable

Dranizz I'm not sure what you mean. Maybe I am using the wrong terms.

Well, in VB.NET we don't use recordset anymore, we use Datasets.
They are real representation of your data in the database, and it's disconnected.

http://visualbasic.about.com/library/weekly/aa041203a.htm

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfsystemdatadatasetclasstopic.asp

Here is the code that I have

Private Sub getDataAndFill()
        Dim myDataSet As New DataSet
        Dim MyDataAdapter As SqlDataAdapter
        Dim ConString As String = ""
        'CONNECT TO DATABASE
        ConString = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings("readDbConnString")
        MyDataAdapter = New SqlDataAdapter("Stored_HomePage", ConString)
        MyDataAdapter.SelectCommand.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure
        'FILL DATALISTS
        MyDataAdapter.Fill(myDataSet)
        'BLOG ARCHIVE

        DLBlogArchive.DataSource = myDataSet
        DLBlogArchive.DataMember = "Table"
        'BLOG
        DLBlog.DataSource = myDataSet
        DLBlog.DataMember = "Table1"
        'PHOTOS
        DLPopularPhotos.DataSource = myDataSet
        DLPopularPhotos.DataMember = "Table2"
        'LINKS
        DLPopularLinks.DataSource = myDataSet
        DLPopularLinks.DataMember = "Table3"
       
        'BIND
        DLBlogArchive.DataBind()

        DLBlog.DataBind()
        DLPopularPhotos.DataBind()
        DLPopularLinks.DataBind()

    End Sub


the DLBlogArchive is the datalist that I want to put on the web control since many pages will use it.

by the way datalist is the control, Dataset is what you fill, it's a class
what is the problem exactly?

I may be using the wrong terms.
I want to store the datalist in blogArchiveList.ascx  and then fill the list from the page1.aspx code behind/

use a session
save it on a session like this

On load

Session("Data")=myDataSet

and to get it back

dim data as Dataset

data=Session("Data")

I can't use sessions.

hum...
then use the transfer method

Set to public attributes for your 2 strings in the Page1 class

like

Public Dataset Data;


server.Transfer("Page2.aspx",true);

And at page2 load you'll do this

System.Collections.Specialized.NameValueCollection ColForm;
'Get the data from the source form
colForm=Request.Form

and gets the value from the source form

dim ds as Dataset
ds=  colForm["Data"]

can you use server.transfer for a ASCX

no...
You got yourself into something hard...

maybe there is a better way then. The reason I am using a ascx page is because the blog archive is something that I want to use on almost every page. In old ASP I would use an include file.