Dataview rowfilter problem

[AlexW]

Hi

I am in the process of developing an inventory application in visual basic. I keep coming up against a problem with using the dataview.rowfilter property.
Basically what happens is this:

-a global dataview is created
-The user enters new part information into a form.
-A function is called to check to see if the part is a new part (so that two identical part numbers are not added to the database.
-The check is done by setting the rowfilter value to the string representation of the partnumber and checking if the dataview's .count method returns 0 (ie the rowfilter that was applied hides everything)
-if the function returns true then the .addnew() method of the dataview is invoked and the part details are added to the dataview. (the updating of the actual database will be done later through a user dialog)

The above works perfectly for the first part number but not for any parts added after this. The reason is that for some reason the rowfilter that is applied does not filter out the newly added part, even though the row filter should have filtered this part out because the part Numbers are completely different.
I have checked that the values are being correctly set by stepping through the function line by line and have also made sure that no other functions are being called during its execution.

Any Ideas?

Here is the code of the function below:

Private Function checkPartIsNew(ByVal partNumber As String) As Boolean
        Dim filterString As String
 
        'variables used for debugging purposes only
        Dim test As DataRowView 'for testing
        Dim testpartNum As String 'for testing
        Dim messageString As String 'for testing
 
        'checking to see if a row filter already exists
        addPartsDataView.RowStateFilter = DataViewRowState.OriginalRows
        If IsNothing(addPartsDataView.RowFilter) = False Then
 
            messageString = "rowFilterApplied, "
 
            'there must already be a rowfilter applied, take steps to preserve it
            filterString = addPartsDataView.RowFilter
            addPartsDataView.RowFilter = Nothing 'put in during debugging to ensure row filter is removed
 
            'set row filter to partNumber
            addPartsDataView.RowFilter = "partNum = '" + partNumber + "'"
 
            'test if part is new/unique
            If addPartsDataView.Count = 0 Then
                'part must be unique (filter returns no rows)
                'reapply filter
                addPartsDataView.RowFilter = filterString
                Return True
            End If
 
            messageString = messageString + "Addpartsdataview.count equals " + addPartsDataView.Count.ToString + ", "
 
        Else
            'no row filter is currently applied
            messageString = "No row filter applied, "
            addPartsDataView.RowFilter = Nothing
 
            'set row filter to partNumber
            addPartsDataView.RowFilter = "partNum = '" + partNumber + "'"
 
            'test if part is new/unique
            If addPartsDataView.Count = 0 Then
            'part must be unique (filter returns no rows)
                'remove filter
                addPartsDataView.RowFilter = Nothing
                Return True
            End If
 
            messageString = messageString + "Addpartsdataview.count equals " + addPartsDataView.Count.ToString + ", "
 
        End If
 
        'for debugging only
        test = addPartsDataView(0)
        testpartNum = test.Item("PartNum")
        MsgBox(messageString)
 
        'if we are here then part already exists
        Return False
    End Function 

Any Help Would be most appreciated.

Thanks in advance

[AlexW]

Problem solved

http://www.thescripts.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2893824#post2893824