ADO.net

Getting the No of records in sql data reader

SqlDataReader reader = cmd.ExecuteReader();
reader.OfType<object>().Count<object>();

ASP.net

Accessing the page's method from the usercontrol

SearchResults myparentPage = (SearchResults)this.Parent.Page;
myparentPage.BindRadGrid();

here usercontrol is located at contentplaceholder so this.parent.page