"mianiro" <mian***@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Has anyone had a serialization error occur when adding a variable to a
> viewstate?  The error states 'Error serializing value
> 'System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataReader' .  It does not mention
> explicitly that it is from the viewstate, however, when I remove the
> code for adding the data reader to the viewstate, I don't get the
> error. I'm not having any luck trying to troubleshoot this online.
>

On Feb 12, 3:31 pm, "Kevin Spencer" <unclechut***@nothinks.com> wrote:
> A DataReader is not serializable as XML. If you want to store a result set
> in ViewState, use a DataTable or DataSet.
>
> --
> HTH,
>
> Kevin Spencer
> Microsoft MVP
> Software Composerhttp://unclechutney.blogspot.com
>
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> "mianiro" <mian***@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> > Has anyone had a serialization error occur when adding a variable to a
> > viewstate?  The error states 'Error serializing value
> > 'System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataReader' .  It does not mention
> > explicitly that it is from the viewstate, however, when I remove the
> > code for adding the data reader to the viewstate, I don't get the
> > error. I'm not having any luck trying to troubleshoot this online.- Hide quoted text -
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