Forms Data Controls :: Nested GridView Control Returns "Object Variable Or With Block Variable Not Set" ?

Nested GridView Control returns "Object variable or With block variable not set" when outer GridView returns rows.

The Nested GridView Control works as long as the outer GridView returns rows, the following code works: [Code]....

Object variable or With block variable not set.

Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.NullReferenceException: Object variable or With block variable not set.

Source Error:

Line 118: If e.Row.RowType = DataControlRowType.DataRow Then
Line 119: Dim myStatus_ID As SqlDataSource = CType(e.Row.FindControl("sqlDeviceStatusAssign"), SqlDataSource)
Line 120: If Not e.Row.DataItem("Status_ID") Is Nothing Then
Line 121: myStatus_ID.SelectParameters(0).DefaultValue = e.Row.DataItem("Status_ID")
Line 122: End If

I have tried checking for IsDbNull and checking to see if a label exists in a given row. This code *If Not e.Row.DataItem("Status_ID") Is Nothing Then* appears to do nothing.Same with the following:

*Dim localLblItemReference As Label = CType(e.Row.FindControl("lblItemReference"), Label)

*If Not localLblItemReference Is Nothing Then

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To further clarify my question above, I am looking for a method to detect e.Row.DataItem("Status_ID") is nothing/null due to the outer GridView returning 0 results in a query.I have a (Outer) GridView Control with another GridView Control inside of a template field with it's associated SqlDataSource control.

In the "Protected Sub GridViewReport_RowCreated", I provide the Select Parameter for the associated SqlDataSource with the DataItem row value.When the (Outer) GridView Control does not return any rows, the "e.Row.DataItem("Status_ID")" throws a:

Exception Details: System.NullReferenceException: Object variable or With block variable not set.