visual basic - MessageBox not appearing
<p>For some reason, my messageBox does not appear! can someone help me : </p>

<p>code:</p>

<pre class="lang-vb prettyprint-override"><code>item = InputBox("What is the item?", "InputBox Test", "Type the item here.")
If item = "shoe" Then
    Dim connStr As String = ""
    Dim connection As New MySqlConnection(connStr)
    Dim READER As MySqlDataReader
    connection.Open()
    Dim Query As String
    Query = "UPDATE table set item = noOfItems+1 where username= '" &amp; Login.txtusername.Text &amp; "'"
    COMMAND = New MySqlCommand(Query, connection)
    READER = COMMAND.ExecuteReader
    If (READER.Read() = True) Then
        Query = "select * from table where username= '" &amp; Login.txtusername.Text &amp; " '"
        Dim noOfItems As Integer
        Dim username As String
        noOfItems = READER("noOfItems")
        username = READER("username")
        MessageBox.Show(username &amp; "- The number of items you have is: " &amp; noOfItems)
    End If
Else
    MsgBox("Unlucky, Incorrect item. Please see hints. Your score still remains the same")
</code></pre>

<p>Thanks in advance :)</p>