how to count the fetched rows by sqldatasource

Question

Protected Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
    Dim LoginChecker As New SqlDataSource()
    LoginChecker.ConnectionString = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("A1ConnectionString1").ToString()
    LoginChecker.SelectCommandType = SqlDataSourceCommandType.Text
    LoginChecker.SelectCommand = "SELECT username FROM A1login WHERE username=@username AND password=@password"
    LoginChecker.SelectParameters.Add("username", username.Text)
    LoginChecker.SelectParameters.Add("password", password.Text)
    Dim rowsAffected As Integer = 0
    Try
        rowsAffected = LoginChecker.<what i have to write here>
    Catch ex As Exception
        'Server.Transfer("LoginSucessful.aspx")
    Finally
        LoginChecker = Nothing
    End Try
    username.Text = rowsAffected
    ' If rowsAffected = 1 Then
    'Server.Transfer("A1success.aspx")
    '   Else
    'Server.Transfer("A1failure.aspx")
    '  End If

End Sub

this is the code for login.aspx.vb
it checks the username and password in the database and redirecrs to respective page on the basis of rows returned. i'm having problem in finding a right function in the sqldatareader namespace so that it counts the number of rows affected. Can anybody tell me the function I should use there? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Use the Selected event of the SqlDataSource Control. The event is raised after the Select operation is complete.

protected void SqlDataSource1_Selected(object sender, SqlDataSourceStatusEventArgs e)
{
    lblRecordCount.Text = "Record Count: " + e.AffectedRows.ToString();
}