My DetailsView has the AutoGenerateInsert set to True for Default.  When the page loads and there are no rows, the Insert commands are not there.  WHen I delete the condition - DetailsView1.AutoGenerateInsertButton=False" - and the page loads, the Insert commands are there.  According to my statement, if there are no rows, the insert commands should be generated.  Why is this happening?

 Protected Sub DetailsView1_DataBound(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles DetailsView1.DataBound
        If DetailsView1.Rows.Count = 0 Then
            DetailsView1.ChangeMode(DetailsViewMode.Insert)
            DetailsView1.AutoGenerateInsertButton = True
        Else
            DetailsView1.AutoGenerateInsertButton = False

        End If
    End Sub

Write your code in DetailsView PreRender event instead of DataBound event as follows and it will work.

 Protected Sub DetailsView1_PreRender(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles DetailsView1.PreRender

        If DetailsView1.Rows.Count = 0 Then

            'DetailsView1.DefaultMode = DetailsViewMode.Insert

            DetailsView1.ChangeMode(DetailsViewMode.Insert)

            DetailsView1.AutoGenerateInsertButton = True

        Else

            'DetailsView1.DefaultMode = DetailsViewMode.ReadOnly

            DetailsView1.AutoGenerateInsertButton = False

        End If

    End Sub

Hope it will help.

In my quick test, it worked with this:

 If DetailsView1.Rows.Count = 0 Then   
           DetailsView1.ChangeMode(DetailsViewMode.Insert)   
           DetailsView1.DataBind()   
End If 

Not a VB person, so I may have screwed up the call.  You get the idea though; you need to call databind.

Sorry, MetalAsp.Net.....your solution did not help me. 

Have you tried my solution? Just curious is it working for you.

If it is working, please mark it as answer, so that it can help others too.

Thanks.

I did try it, and it seemed to work better than what I had, but there were still issues. 

I ended up changing the default mode to False for the AutoGenerateInsert and it helped even more.

This is where I am now, it seems to be working ok. 

Protected Sub DetailsView1_DataBound(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles DetailsView1.DataBound
        If DetailsView1.Rows.Count = 0 Then
            DetailsView1.AutoGenerateInsertButton = True
            DetailsView1.ChangeMode(DetailsViewMode.Insert)
        End If

    End Sub

    Protected Sub DetailsView1_ItemInserted(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Web.UI.WebControls.DetailsViewInsertedEventArgs) Handles DetailsView1.ItemInserted
        DetailsView1.AutoGenerateInsertButton = False
    End Sub

Now, I am faced with another issue and I'm in the middle of posting it.

thanks for your attention.
 

cancel my intention to post that subsequent problem...still working on it.... 

mjta:

Sorry, MetalAsp.Net.....your solution did not help me. 

No problem.  Sorry it didn't work for you.  In my test it worked for me.  But, of course, your HTML might look very different from mine.  Good luck.