image in template column in datagrid

[Michelle Stone]

i am puzzled. i have previously bound datasets to datagrids which contain the filename of IMAGES. And i use template columns to show the image for each row. But now it is not working. I have reviewed the code for over two days and I am still stuck. Here is the template column as it is in the datagrid now

<asp:TemplateCo lumn HeaderText="Sta tus"><ItemTempl ate><asp:Image id=Image4 runat="server" ImageUrl='<%# gridGetImagePat h (DataBinder.Eva l(Container, "DataItem.nStat us").ToString ()) %>'></asp:Image></ItemTemplate></asp:TemplateCol umn

the gridGetImagePat h is a function that returns a string representing the filename of the image to display. I used debugging techniques in visual studio and discovered that control doesn't even ENTER that function!

here is the code that displays the grid through code

approvalPending PoliciesSet.Cle ar ()
sqlApprovalPend ingPoliciesData Adapter.Fill (approvalPendin gPoliciesSet)

approvalGrid.Da taSource = approvalPending PoliciesSet
approvalGrid.Da taMember = "TPolicy"
approvalGrid.Da taKeyField = "IDPolicy"

// Set up column
approvalGrid.Da taBind ()

Of course, except for the template column given above and some others, other columns are generated through code which i have not shown above. All other columns appear normally. This is the only column that doesn't show the image

To make things MORE CONFUSING, i tried putting ORDINARY Labels (with no databinding). NOTHING I put in that template column comes on the screen. Something fishy upon that column? :-

Help! Thanks :

Michell