I'm trying to check to see if the item is already in the database. 

The problem I'm having deals with UserWebSiteTextBox.Text   The error is that it is not declared.  I tried fv1.InsertItemTemplate.InsertItemTemplate.UserWebSiteTextBox.Text, but I get the same error.  I need to be able to pass the text value to a function called "Proposedwebsite" which will return the userID that has that web site.   If a userID exists then cancel the insert and tell them to try again.

So here is the code:

Sub odsLandingPages_Inserting(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Web.UI.WebControls.ObjectDataSourceMethodEventArgs) Handles odsLandingPages.InsertingDim ProposedWebSite As String
UserWebSiteTextBox.Text = ProposedWebSiteIf CheckWebSite(ProposedWebSite) > 1 Then'User account is found with that web site name

e.Cancel =

Protected

I wired it up to InsertingItem.  This is for a FormView Control.  Where I assign ProposedWebSite to the .findcontrol I get a message stating that the value cannot be converted to a string.  I aslo tried the CTYPE but that did not work either.
 

Protected Sub InsertingItem(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Web.UI.WebControls.FormViewInsertEventArgs) Handles fv1.ItemInserting

Dim ProposedWebSite As String = fv1.FindControl("UserWebSiteTextBox")

If CheckWebSite(ProposedWebSite) > 1 Then
'User account is found with that web site name
e.Cancel = True
btnAddNewSite.Text = "Name Already Taken, Try Another"

Else
'Web site not found
e.Cancel = False
e.Values.Item("UserID") = Entities.Users.UserController.GetCurrentUserInfo.UserID
e.Values.Item("ModuleID") = ModuleId.ToString()
e.Values.Item("ID") = 0
btnAddNewSite.Text = "Update Successful - Add Another Web Site?"

End If
End Sub