I can't see any items in my list view

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Hi,
when i click on Show button, i can't see any Items in a list view and no error code is returned by application in run time.

Below is the code that fails :

<pre lang="msil">
private void Button_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            string strConnectionString = "Server=M;Database=ADO;UID=..;
                                          PWD=...;";
            Button btnCurrent = (Button)sender;
            switch (btnCurrent.Name)
            {
                case "btnInsert":
                    {
                        string strQuery = "INSERT INTO authors (au_id, 
                                                 au_fname, au_lname)" +
                            "VALUES (@au_id, @au_lname, @au_fname)";

                        SqlConnection connection = new 
                        SqlConnection(strConnectionString);

                        SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand();
                        command.CommandType = CommandType.Text;
                        command.CommandText = strQuery;
                        command.Connection = connection;
                        try
                        {
                            command.Parameters.AddWithValue("au_id", 
                                                            txtID.Text);
                            command.Parameters.AddWithValue("au_fname", 
                                                            txtFirstName.Text);
                            command.Parameters.AddWithValue("au_lname", 
                                                            txtLastName.Text);
                            connection.Open();
                            command.ExecuteNonQuery();
                            MessageBox.Show("It's Done");
                        }
                        catch (SqlException sqlEX)
                        {
                            MessageBox.Show(sqlEX.Message);
                        }
                        catch (Exception ex)
                        {
                            MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
                        }
                        finally
                        {
                            if (connection.State != ConnectionState.Closed)
                                connection.Close();
                            connection.Dispose();
                        }
                        break;
                    }
                case "btnShow":
                        {
                            string strQuery = "SELECT au_id,au_fname,au_lname 
                                                    FROM authors";
                            SqlConnection connection = new  
                            SqlConnection(strConnectionString);

                            SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand();
                            SqlDataReader reader = null;
                            command.CommandType = CommandType.Text;
                            command.CommandText = strQuery;
                            command.Connection = connection;
                            lstContact.Items.Clear();
                            try
                            {
                                connection.Open();
                                reader = command.ExecuteReader();
                                while (reader.Read())
                                {
                                    string strID = reader[0].ToString();
                                    string strFirstName = reader[1].ToString();
                                    string strLastName = reader[2].ToString();
                                    ListViewItem item = new ListViewItem(strID);
                                    item.SubItems.Add(strFirstName);
                                    item.SubItems.Add(strLastName);
                                    lstContact.Items.Add(item);
                                }
                            }
                            catch (SqlException sqlEX)
                            {
                                MessageBox.Show(sqlEX.Message);
                            }
                            catch (Exception ex)
                            {
                                MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
                            }
                            finally
                            {
                                if (reader != null)
                                {
                                    if (! reader.IsClosed)
                                    {
                                        reader.Close();
                                    }
                                    reader.Dispose();
                                }
                                command.Dispose();
                                if (connection.State != ConnectionState.Closed)
                                    connection.Close();
                                connection.Dispose();
                            }
                            break;
                        }
                default:
                    break;
            }
        }
    }
}

Thank alot in Advace,

ali.