Update data in VB.NET

[JamieHowarth0]

Hi folks,

I'm making a snazzy VB.NET GUI as part of my contract for an asset management firm and it incorporates a TreeView control which I am using to graphically display details of locations, with child nodes for buildings and grandchild nodes as floors per building.

The TreeView nodes are dynamically generated from a SQL Server table (which I cannot disclose details of for confidentiality reasons), however, my problem is pretty generic.

I'm using the HasRows property to check this table for data (so far I've saved two rows of data to it) but it is always returning false on first run (i.e. it can't find those two rows...)
Here's my code:

Private Sub LoadLocationNodes(ByVal ClientID As Integer)
Dim dr_Nodes As DataTableReader
Dim X As TreeNode
Dim parentNodeFind As TreeNode()
Dim parentNode As TreeNode
 
dr_Nodes = Mth_collectDataSet.tbl_data_locns.CreateDataReader()
If dr_Nodes.HasRows Then
'Clear existing node list
For Each X In tvw_Locations.Nodes
tvw_Locations.Nodes.Remove(X)
Next
 
'Load node list into TreeView object
While dr_Nodes.Read
Dim tempNode As TreeNode = New TreeNode
Select Case dr_Nodes.Item("ParentID").ToString
Case "", "0", "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000", DBNull.Value.ToString
tempNode.Name = dr_Nodes.Item("LocationID").ToString
tempNode.Text = dr_Nodes.Item("LocationName")
tempNode.Tag = dr_Nodes.Item("ParentID").ToString
If dr_Nodes.Item("VisioMap") IsNot DBNull.Value Then
tempNode.Checked = True
Else
tempNode.Checked = False
End If
tvw_Locations.Nodes.Add(tempNode)
Case Else
tempNode.Name = dr_Nodes.Item("LocationID").ToString
tempNode.Text = dr_Nodes.Item("LocationName")
tempNode.Tag = dr_Nodes.Item("ParentID").ToString
parentNodeFind = tvw_Locations.Nodes.Find(dr_Nodes.Item("ParentID").ToString, True)
For Each parentNode In parentNodeFind
parentNode.Nodes.Add(tempNode)
Next
End Select
tempNode = Nothing
End While
Else
AddNewLocation("0")
End If
End Sub
 

Now, for the first time that this function is run (on form load) the HasRows property returns False, which calls the AddNewLocation sub to add a new record (and node) to the database (and TreeView).
The AddNewLocation then calls the LoadLocationNod es function which then only returns the one (new) node/record instead of 3 (one new + two already in DB).

I am working in Visual Studio 2005 Pro with SQL Server 05 Express Edition and the two rows that I have added have been added using INSERT queries run in design mode. If anyone has any ideas where I'm going wrong and could steer me in the right direction it would be most appreciated.

And last but not least - anyone know how to send an UPDATE method back to the database (fired when someone edits the node label in the TreeView control)?

Many thanks in advance,

medicineworker