Yes, I’ve run into that same issue with the DVWP. Definitely a bug that wipes out the appropriate template call when the list is empty. YMMV, but I’ve seen it only after I’ve edit the “empty” message. When it’s the default message, everything seems to work fine. But once I edit it, the link no longer appears.

In the SPD Design pane, the work around is to check the “Show sample data” box, which tells SPD to simulate having data. This allows you to work with the link, at least. In the actual rendered page, it’s a bit more complicated once it’s been wiped out. Sounds like an addendum to the series that I need to write. ;)

I’ll do that.

Blessings,
Jim Bob

Thank you sir for these excellent articles! I am happy that you took the time to write them. I wanted to know if you have had any trouble getting the insert link to work on the no matching items template. I inserted it on that template, but for some reason, it won’t render the insert template from there. I was told it is possible, but I can’t seem to get it to work. It posts back without any errors, but renders the wrong template. It just won’t do it without a record in the recordset. I am using SPD 2010 and a DVWP, and the page is filtered with a query string parameter. What steps am I missing? Thanks again.