DropDownList in DataGrid and SQL Query with Child Rows

[John Bonds]

I have made a Template column in my DataGrid that contains a DropDownList.
My main SQL query that is bound to this datagrid joins with another table in
the following way:

SELECT * FROM Customer
INNER JOIN Orders ON Orders.CustomerID = Customer.CustomerID

So I will get multiple rows returned for each customer per their orders.
I want to only show the customer once and have the DropDownList contain that
customer's orders. How do I do this?

Thanks,

John

[Morten]

You can user Group by.

This is from Northwind:
SELECT dbo.Customers.CustomerID, dbo.Customers.CompanyName,
dbo.Customers.ContactName, dbo.Customers.ContactTitle,
dbo.Customers.Address,
dbo.Customers.City, dbo.Customers.Region,
dbo.Customers.PostalCode, dbo.Customers.Country, dbo.Customers.Phone,
dbo.Customers.Fax
FROM dbo.Customers INNER JOIN
dbo.Orders ON dbo.Orders.CustomerID =
dbo.Customers.CustomerID
GROUP BY dbo.Customers.CustomerID, dbo.Customers.CompanyName,
dbo.Customers.ContactName, dbo.Customers.ContactTitle,
dbo.Customers.Address,
dbo.Customers.City, dbo.Customers.Region,
dbo.Customers.PostalCode, dbo.Customers.Country, dbo.Customers.Phone,
dbo.Customers.Fax

Morten

"John Bonds" <jo*******@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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I have made a Template column in my DataGrid that contains a DropDownList.
My main SQL query that is bound to this datagrid joins with another table in the following way:

SELECT * FROM Customer
INNER JOIN Orders ON Orders.CustomerID = Customer.CustomerID

So I will get multiple rows returned for each customer per their orders.
I want to only show the customer once and have the DropDownList contain that customer's orders. How do I do this?

Thanks,

John

[Morten]

You can user Group by.

This is from Northwind:
SELECT dbo.Customers.CustomerID, dbo.Customers.CompanyName,
dbo.Customers.ContactName, dbo.Customers.ContactTitle,
dbo.Customers.Address,
dbo.Customers.City, dbo.Customers.Region,
dbo.Customers.PostalCode, dbo.Customers.Country, dbo.Customers.Phone,
dbo.Customers.Fax
FROM dbo.Customers INNER JOIN
dbo.Orders ON dbo.Orders.CustomerID =
dbo.Customers.CustomerID
GROUP BY dbo.Customers.CustomerID, dbo.Customers.CompanyName,
dbo.Customers.ContactName, dbo.Customers.ContactTitle,
dbo.Customers.Address,
dbo.Customers.City, dbo.Customers.Region,
dbo.Customers.PostalCode, dbo.Customers.Country, dbo.Customers.Phone,
dbo.Customers.Fax

Morten

"John Bonds" <jo*******@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:en**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

I have made a Template column in my DataGrid that contains a DropDownList.
My main SQL query that is bound to this datagrid joins with another table in the following way:

SELECT * FROM Customer
INNER JOIN Orders ON Orders.CustomerID = Customer.CustomerID

So I will get multiple rows returned for each customer per their orders.
I want to only show the customer once and have the DropDownList contain that customer's orders. How do I do this?

Thanks,

John