asp.net oledbconnection problem

i'm operative an asp.net website where i am controlling an asp:repeater paging finished by vb.net code-behind file. i'm carrying problem database tie though. distant i tell, paging working, nonetheless i can't information certain.

the database microsoft opening database. duty should accessing database is:

dim pageddata new pageddatasource

sub page_load(byval obj object, byval e eventargs)
    dopaging()
end sub

function getthedata() datatable
    low ds new dataset()
    low strconnect new oledbconnection("provider = microsoft.jet.oledb.4.0;data source=app_data/artdatabase.mdb")
    low objoledbadapter new oledbdataadapter("select artid, filelocation, title, username, artdate art method art.artdate desc", strconnect)
    objoledbadapter.fill(ds, "art")

    relapse ds.tables("art").copy
end function

sub dopaging()
    pageddata.datasource = getthedata().defaultview
    pageddata.allowpaging = true
    pageddata.pagesize = 2

    try
        pageddata.currentpageindex = int32.parse(request.querystring("page")).tostring()
    locate ex exception
        pageddata.currentpageindex = 0
    finish try

    btnprev.visible = (not pageddata.isfirstpage)
    btnnext.visible = (not pageddata.islastpage)

    pagenumber.text = (pageddata.currentpageindex + 1) & " " & pageddata.pagecount

    artrepeater.datasource = pageddata
    artrepeater.databind()
end sub

the asp.net is:

<asp:repeater id="artrepeater" runat="server">
    <headertemplate>
        <h2>items comparison category:</h2>
    </headertemplate>  
    <itemtemplate>
        <li>
            <asp:hyperlink runat="server" id="hyperlink"
                navigateurl='<%# eval("artid", "artpiece.aspx?artid={0}") %>'>
                <img src="<%# eval("filelocation") %>"
                    alt="<%# databinder.eval(container.dataitem, "title") %>t"/> <br />
                <%# databinder.eval(container.dataitem, "title") %>
            </asp:hyperlink>
        </li>
    </itemtemplate>
</asp:repeater>