Cannot implicitly convert type 'int' to 'System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataReader?

Sure: you're going wrong trying to convert an int to an SqlDataReader . You're also trying to convert an SqlDataReader to an int, later on.

Your "GetMainCatCount" method returns an int, but you're assigning its return value to a variable of type SqlDataReader.

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