Adding dynamic LinkButton to dynamic table

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I have scoured the web to no avail. Any post that resembles my problem has no
answer.

I have an asp table on my page. I add rows and cells to it at run time with
info provided from a database in a custom function. To one of those cells I
add a new LinkButton, then wire a command event handler to it, which calls
the custom function, thus bypassing any need to use IsPostBack.

When a user clicks on the link button, nothing happens. I ran it through
debug with breaks, and it doesn't even go through the event handler.

So I tried a brand new blank page, and put a single linkbutton on it with an
event handler and some test values. What I found disturbed me. The command
and argument values are not stored in the resulting html! I'm at a loss to
explain how a linkbutton works, but I feel this discovery is key to why mine
aren't working.

Anyone know why this happens? I'd really how linkbuttons work internally, so
that I can better plan solutions. Am I simply doing something wrong?

code:

private void create_table()
{
r = new TableRow();
c = new TableCell();
LinkButton lb = new LinkButton();
lb.ID = "lb_" + user_id;
lb.Text = user_company_na me;
lb.CommandName = "SHOW_USER_DETA ILS";
lb.CommandArgum ent = user_id;
lb.Command += new
System.Web.UI.W ebControls.Comm andEventHandler (this.lb_show_u ser_details_Com mand);
c.Controls.Add( lb);
r.Cells.Add(c);
table1.Rows.Add (r);
}