DataList Within LoginView

.NET
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I’ve a datalist within the logged in template. On the page_load first I’m ensuring the visitor is logged in

If User.Identity.IsAuthenticated Then

Following that I’m just trying to populate the datalist…


        Dim myDataAdapter As SqlDataAdapter
        Dim strToday As String = DateTime.Today.ToString("dd MMM yyyy")

        conConnect = New SqlConnection(connstring)
        myDataAdapter= New SqlDataAdapter("SELECT command goes here FROM my table", conConnect)

        Dim ds As Data.DataSet = New Data.DataSet
            myDataAdapter.Fill(ds)

        Dim DataList1 As DataList = LoginView1.FindControl("DataList1")
            DataList1.DataSource = ds
            DataList1.DataBind()
            conConnect.Close()

However this doesn’t work, I get the following error:
Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
… Highlighting: DataList1.DataSource = ds

If I take the loginview away then it works, but I thought the loginview1.findcontrol part would solve any problems.

I would appreciate any help.

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Found issue - Datalist was within another container and so I had to reference the container first.