What's Wrong With This SQL Query/code?

 I keep getting the error "Invalid attempt to read when no data is present" when trying to query a table in my SQL DB.  I have checked and rechecked and the table name and column names within it are spelled correctly.  There are only three records in the database, they all have data in them, and the code in Country.Text precisely matches the data in the Country field in one of the records.

 

 It's worth mentioning that when I use Visual Studio 2005's little direct SQL query tool to build and run the following SQL statement that it works properly:

 

SELECT        Country, WordForState
FROM            data_Countries
WHERE        (Country = N'Jordan')

 

I am perplexed.  Any ideas anybody...here is the code...?

 

Dim SelectSQL_Countries As String

SelectSQL_Countries = "SELECT * FROM data_Countries "

SelectSQL_Countries &= "WHERE Country='" & Country.Text & "'"Dim con_Countries As New SqlConnection(ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("MySiteMainDB").ConnectionString)

Dim cmd_Countries As New SqlCommand(SelectSQL_Countries, con_Countries)Dim reader_Countries As SqlDataReader

Try

con_Countries.Open()

reader_Countries = cmd_Countries.ExecuteReader()StateID.Text = reader_Countries("WordForState")

reader_Countries.Close()Catch err As Exception

lblResults.Text = err.Message

Finally

con_Countries.Close()

End Try