Keep class variable/value in events on page?

[ggraham]

I'm a semi-newbie to .NET.

I've create a class to handle getting data on a person. It has a couple of properties and a new and save subroutine.

I'm loading the data in the page_load even of my program:

Dim WithEvents dsPerson As Person
Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
If Page.IsPostBack Then
Else
dsPerson = New Person(Session.Item("peoID"))
TextBox1.Text = dsPerson.FirstName
TextBox2.Text = dsPerson.LastName
End If
End Sub

I can read my data and load my page with no issues. I then have a submit button that I want to call the save subroutine of the class:

Protected Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim dsPerson As New Person(2)
dsPerson.FirstName = TextBox1.Text
dsPerson.LastName = TextBox2.Text
dsPerson.Save()
End Sub

This works ONLY if I reestablish the dsPerson - but that basically makes another call to the database and resets the class properties again. Is there a way to "preserve" dsPerson for all events in the page so that I don't have to populate it again just to call the save routine?

[ggraham]

Actually I just figured it out. I did not realize I could overload the new sub with no key being passed which just initiates a new empty object for me to fill.