** are comments - remove them

Sub btnSubmit_Click(s as object, e as eventargs)
	If Page.IsValid then
	    dim eventid as string 		 	 		** declares a string variable to hold the field being passed
	    eventid = updateeventID.text		** puts the value that was typed into the textbox into the variable
	    response.redirect("updateresults1.aspx?ID=" & eventid )    ** sends the variable in the querystring to the next page as ID
	End if		
End Sub

**On the updateresults1.aspx page, this code would be in the page_load subroutine:

dim intEventID As Int16 = Request.QueryString("ID")
** this declares a variable as an integer (correct for autonumber, but use a string for text fields) 
** and retrieves the field named ID from the querystring and puts it into the variable