Iphoto library updating, "rebuilding" failure

Every time I try to open iphoto I get a spinning wheel and a message saying, "please wait, updating library..." with "rebuilding library" in small font at bottom of the page. Within 3 seconds and the blue bar about a third of the way across screen, it stops and closes iphoto- sending me back to the homepage of my pad.
I tried resetting ipad to factory settings, powering on and off, removing all photos, nothing is working. Has this happened to anyone else? Everything else on my pad is functioning normally.
Any suggestions?
Thanks

I was referring to my my photo library. I used the term "iphoto" because that is where they are uploaded from there via itunes and it keeps saying"rebuilding library" which I assumed was linked to iphoto. I don't have iphoto on my ipad and don't want this referred to the "iphoto" section. This is definitely an ipad issue, my mistake- sorry for that.
On my ipad, I can not open the "photo library", without the spinning wheel saying it is rebuilding library and then in 3 seconds it goes back to the home screen. In other words, I cannot access my photos from my ipad at all. I have tried everything and wanted to see if anyone had suggestions.
I reset the ipad
I removed photos in a sync
I tried uploading from the camera attachment
When I did sync, I was able to import all the photos from the pad to my computer, so they are there.
But bottom line is that I can't use the photo library on my ipad, won't open. everything else on ipad is functioning beautifully.
Just thought I would give this a shot before heading into a store.
Thanks and again sorry for the confusion I caused.

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