dr = cmd.ExecuteReader()

Perhaps a typo?

Dim cmd As New SqlCommand("Select * FROM CustomerInfo WHERE Email= '" &VEmail &"' AND VGPassword =  ' " & VPassword & " ' ", objconn)

Scolja,

BC30451: Name 'Email' is not declared.

net_susan,

I don't have "Email" anywhere, just hanging out... maybe you forgot the V in front of it on this line?

cmd.Parameters.Add(New SqlParameter("@email", VEmail))

-- Jason

you probably just need to initialize dr with 'New'.  

Dim dr As New SqlDataReader

Dim cmd As New SqlCommand("Select * FROM CustomerInfo WHERE Email= '" &VEmail &"' AND VGPassword = "&VPassword, objconn)

on this line, why do you have double quotes before &VEmail? should just be

WHERE Email = " & VEmail & " AND VGPassword = " & VPassword, objConn)

craskin,

Actually, you can't instantiate a SqlDataReader, it has to be assigned.

-- Jason

Jason,

I must have messed up somewhere?

Private Sub verifycus()
Dim objConn As New SqlConnection("Server=myhost; Initial Catalog=mydb; User ID=myid; Password=mypw")
        objConn.Open()
               try
        dim VEemail, VPassword
Dim cmd As New SqlCommand("SELECT * FROM CustomerInfo WHERE Email= @VEemail AND VGPassword = @Vpassword", objconn)
cmd.Parameters.Add(New SqlParameter("@email", VEemail))
cmd.Parameters.Add(New SqlParameter("@VGpassword", VPassword))
        Dim dr As SqlDataReader
        dr = cmd.ExecuteReader()
        While dr.Read
            Response.Write(dr.Item("Email"))
        End While
         dr.Close
               finally
               objConn.Close()
               objConn.Dispose()
               end try
 End Sub

net_susan,

Well, from looking at this code... I'm not sure what you're trying to do... you declare your two variables VEemail and VPassword immediately before the New SqlCommand() line.  But then you pass those two variables into the SQL, but they're going to be blank, right?  You haven't assigned a value to them.....

So I'm not sure how you expect to receive any results.  Maybe you can clear this up for me....

-- Jason

Sorry. I'm passing them from the previous page (or at least trying to).

Protected Sub signinSubmit_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
Response.Redirect("next.aspx?VEemail='"+syEmail.Text +"'&VPassword='"+syPassword.Text+"'")
End Sub

That page works.

Then you need to retrieve them on your new page:

Dim VEemail As String = Request.QueryString("VEemail")
Dim VPassword As String = Request.QueryString("VPassword")

Those 2 lines should replace this one:

dim VEemail, VPassword

-- Jason

Thanks, new q coming soon.  :)

new related q:

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21792705/if-no-matches-then.html