I was trying to do the super simple DAL+ example from this location: http://adefwebserver.com/DotNetNukeHELP/DNN_ShowMeThePages/

The problem is that the code will not compile...  i am using VS 2005 Express and the version of the DNN site is 4.3.5.

The original line in the samples is:
Me.GridView1.DataSource = CType(DataProvider.Instance().ExecuteSQL(mySqlString.ToString(), myParam), IDataReader)

I am guessing the myParam parameter is not valid with just a right paren.  So, I removed the Paren, so the parameter was just myParam,

This resulted in two new errors:
'IDataReader' is a type and cannot be used as an expression.
Syntax error in cast operator; two arguments separated by comma are required.

So, what is the correct line.  This example has been around for a while, not sure why they have obvious errors..

Any help would be appreciated!

Since this sample was really just a copy/paste and did not really explain what it was doing, I decided to find a book on developing modules.  I found Beginning DNN 4.0 Web Site Creation in VB 2005 with visual Web Developer 2005 Express by Nick Symmonds.  It seems to be a very good basic book on getting started with module development.  So, I am taking a totally different approach based on this book.  Thanks for your attempt to help.