quick question

[studentGrammer]

my variables' data keeps getting trashed once a subroutine is exited, but their declared globally. its been a real pain in the ass having to work around that! is there some settings or something that i can change to prevent this immediate trashing? im not familiar with the garbage collector and how it works but, could the problem be in there?

[padmakar]

check if your variables declared new after exiting

[studentGrammer]

check if your variables declared new after exiting

here's how i declare my global variables:
Dim iInterviewTotal, iStageTotal, iISTotal, iQuestionTotal, iGrandTotal As Integer

the only time i use new is:
Dim myCmd As New OleDbCommand(strSQLCommand, myConnection)

my instructor was stumped too

[padmakar]

debug step by step and trace the error..may be something wrong in the subroutine..iam sorry if this didnt help you

[pkreemer]

So you're declaring these at the top of the page? Outside of any routines? You'll probably need to post more code to get some help.

One guess is that you're declaring the same variables again inside your routine. Reusing the same variable names locally and globally (or page-level as I'd call it in ASP) is legal and could cause the problem you describe.