I keep getting this error:
c:\inetpub\wwwroot\Phoenix\Login.aspx.cs(85): 'Phoenix.WebForm1.DBConnection(string, string)': not all code paths return a value

I have already tried putting everything in the DBConnection function to comments but still the problem persisted. This is crucial that i get this working. I have watched examples from the guides in daniweb but they don't give working answers, everything is either in the wrong programming language or connecting to sql server instead of access database. My login needs to be done with C# and needs to check password from access database. If anyone can tell me what is wrong with my code i would appreciate it.
Here is the code:

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.SessionState;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;

//Loginia varten lisätyt
using System.Web.Security; //Required class for authentication
using System.Configuration; //Required for web.config appsettings
using System.Data.OleDb; //required for access database import


namespace Phoenix
{
	/// <summary>
	/// Summary description for WebForm1.
	/// </summary>
	public class WebForm1 : System.Web.UI.Page
	{
		protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.TextBox txtUserName;
		protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.RequiredFieldValidator rvUserValidator;
		protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.TextBox txtPassword;
		protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.RequiredFieldValidator rvPasswordValidator;
		protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button cmdSubmit;
		protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.Label lblMessage;
		protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.Label lblMessage2;
		protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.ValidationSummary Validationsummary1;
	
		private void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
		{
			// Put user code to initialize the page here
		}

		#region Web Form Designer generated code
		override protected void OnInit(EventArgs e)
		{
			//
			// CODEGEN: This call is required by the ASP.NET Web Form Designer.
			//
			InitializeComponent();
			base.OnInit(e);
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		/// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
		/// the contents of this method with the code editor.
		/// </summary>
		private void InitializeComponent()
		{    
			this.Load += new System.EventHandler(this.Page_Load);

		}
		#endregion

		private void cmdSubmit_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
		{
			if (Page.IsValid)	//Meaning the control validation was succesful
			{	//Connect to database for user validation
				if (DBConnection(txtUserName.Text.Trim(), txtPassword.Text.Trim()))
				{	//Redirect to default.aspx
					FormsAuthentication.RedirectFromLoginPage (txtUserName.Text, false);
				}
				else	//Username and/or password was invalid
				{
					lblMessage.Text = "Invalid Login, please try again!";
					//Increment the LoginCount (attempts)
					//Session("LoginCount") = CInt(Session("LoginCount")) + 1
					//Determine the Number of Tries
					//If Session("LoginCount").Equals(intMaxLoginAttempts) Then
					//Response.Redirect("Denied.aspx")
					//End If
        	 
					//If CInt(Session("Num_of_Tries")) > 2 Then ' ||||| If Exceeds then Deny!
					//esponse.Redirect("Denied.aspx")
					//End If

				}
			}
		}
			private bool DBConnection(string strUserName, string strPassword)
			{
				//First is the Connection Object for an Access DB
				OleDbConnection MyConn = new OleDbConnection(ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["strConn"]);
				
				
				//Create oleDb command object
				//Pass in stored procedure
				//Set CommandType to stored procedure
				
				OleDbCommand MyCmd = new OleDbCommand("sp_ValidateUser", MyConn);

				//To access a stored procedure in access - requires a command object
				MyCmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
				//Create parameter objects for values passed in
				OleDbParameter objParam1, objParam2;
				//Add the parameters to the parameters collection of the
				//command object, and set their datatypes (OleDb in this case)
				objParam1 = MyCmd.Parameters.Add("@UserName", OleDbType.Char);
				objParam2 = MyCmd.Parameters.Add("@Password", OleDbType.Char);
                //Set the direction of the parameters...input, output, etc
				objParam1.Direction = ParameterDirection.Input;
				objParam2.Direction = ParameterDirection.Input;
				//Set the value(s) of the parameters to the passed in values
				objParam1.Value = strUserName;
				objParam2.Value = strPassword;

				try //Basic try-catch block
				{	//Check if connection to DB is already open, if not the open a connection
					if(MyConn.State == ConnectionState.Closed)
					{	//DB not already open, so lets open it
						MyConn.Open();
					}
					//Create oleDb data reader
					OleDbDataReader objReader;
					objReader = MyCmd.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior.CloseConnection);
					//Close the reader and the connection closes with it
					while(objReader.Read())
					{
						if((int)objReader.GetValue(0) != 1)
						{
							lblMessage.Text = "Invalid Login!";
							return false;
						}
						else
						{
							objReader.Close();
							return true;
						}
					
					}		
			
				}
				catch(Exception ex)
				{
					lblMessage2.Text = "Error Connecting to the database!";
					return false;
				}
				
		
			}

	}
}

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private bool DBConnection(string strUserName, string strPassword)
    {
        ......
        ......
        return false;
    }

did u get any exception..?

adatapost's fix worked like a charm. Now it gives me no errors. Now the only problem is, that apparently it doesnt connect to the database. I ran a few debug tests and it seems to go straight to catch part after MyConn.Open();. Do I need to have ms access installed on this virtual pc that i am using for developing this website? Or is my code incorrect? I have the connection string in my web.config and it is as following:
<appSettings>
<add key="strConn" value="Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data
Source=C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\BugTypes.mdb;User Id=admin;Password=;"/>
</appSettings>

I solved the last part myself Data Source was split to two rows and it caused problems. Now everything works like a charm. Thanks everyone!

:)

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