Writing SQL In Code Behind To Gridview On A Different Page

I am using Visual Web Developer Express with VB.net and have a website with 2 pages in them called "Tables.aspx" and "Variables.aspx". On the Tables page the user is required to enter a variable name in to a texbox, which I want then to take the user to the Variables page and have the gridview display the sql result. In behind the search button on the "Tables.aspx" page I have the following code.

Code:
' Search button code
Dim search As Char
Search = CChar(txtSearch.Text)
If Search = "" Then
MsgBox("You cannot leave this field blank.")

[code]....

On the "Variables.aspx" page I had decided to use data readers which brought up only one of the columns however I realised using data readers would mean I would have to individually position each textbox which I am not sure how to do.

Basically what I would like to know is how I do get the result of sql= "SELECT dbo.NILS_tables.Table_ID, dbo.NILS_variables.Variable_Name, dbo.NILS_ variables.Variable_Description FROM dbo.NILS_variables JOIN dbo.NILS_tables ON dbo.NILS_tables.Table_ID = dbo.NILS_variables.Table_ID WHERE dbo.NILS_tables.Table_Name LIKE '%' OR dbo.NILS_tables.Table_Description LIKE '%' " on to a gridview on the "Variables.aspx" page? NB the code for the search button is stored in the code behind file on the "Tables.aspx" page.