Error with datagrid

[Tonya]

hi,

I am trying to setup a datagrid that pulls values from a
database but i keep getting an error message when i run
the application. Can anyone help me??
The application stops at the line:
da2.fill(ds2)

i keep getting the following error message:

An unhandled exception of
type 'System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException' occurred in
system.data.dll


here is my code leading up to this:

da2 = New SqlDataAdapter("SELECT Meal_Desc, 0 as Quantity
FROM Equipment_Details", Cn)

ds2 = New DataSet("MealBooking")
da2.Fill(ds2)

DGridMealBooking.DataSource = ds2.Tables(0)


this code is in the form_load event.
I have another datagrid being filled just above this one
shown above.

I have instantiated outside of the form load as:
Private da2 as SqlDataAdapter
Private ds2 as dataset

Can anyone help? i have no idea what i have done wrong!!

thx

 

[William Ryan]

The SQLException doesn't have anything to do with the grid. First make sure
you have a good connection/connectionstring. Then make sure you can run the
query in QA b/c if you have a bad query, it's going to blow up on you..

My guess is that's it's your query, but I'd check the connection too. You
can try just for testing, YourConnection.Open right before the Da.Fill and
make sure it doesn't throw an exception. If it works, it's probably that 0
as a column name.

HTH,

Bill