Cool! So you use the ObjectDataSource with custom class currently? That's
also a good idea....
Thanks for your further followup.
Regards,
Steven Cheng
Microsoft Online Support
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| Ok,
|
| I figured it out. Here is what I did:
|
| 1. I bound both the grid view control and the list boxes to a dataset
that
| I created which pulls the data from the DB based on an SQL Statement.
| 2. I created a custom class that finds only distinct rows based on a
table
| and column. I call this class as the datasource of the data list
controls
| that I have on the page displaying the filtering options.
| 3. The SQL SELECT statement gets pulled from the querystring values in
the
| url. In other words the querystring values get dynamically ordered and
| built into an select statement.
| 4. Every time a new query is ran the list boxes display values based on
the
| results returned. Thus, this filters your results.
|
| Using the dataset really helps with the overhead because each control is
| pulling from the same object.
|
| Thanks,
|
| J
|
|
|
|
|
| "Steven Cheng[MSFT]" <st*****@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
| news:Ig**************@TK2MSFTNGXA02.phx.gbl...
| > Hi J,
| >
| > Thanks for your response.
| > Of course manually loop the gridView and extract values from each row is
| > one possible appraoch, but that's not a good idea, either hard to code
| > also
| > have poor performance....
| > As for the further question you mentioned, I think it's better that you
| > move that query into a separate new datasource object, so that we can
| > cache
| > that query to improve performance(I think those query of DISTINCT values
| > should be cachable....). We can use the Select statement and Select
| > parameters to define parameter based query like:
| >
| > =======================
| > <asp:SqlDataSource ID="SqlDataSource2" runat="server"
| > ConnectionString="<%$
| > ConnectionStrings:LocalNorthWind %>"
| > SelectCommand="SELECT [Discontinued], [ProductID],
| > [ProductName], [UnitPrice] FROM [Products] WHERE ([Discontinued] =
| > @Discontinued)">
| > <SelectParameters>
| > <asp:Parameter DefaultValue="true" Name="Discontinued"
| > Type="Boolean" />
| > </SelectParameters>
| > </asp:SqlDataSource>
| > <asp:GridView ID="GridView2" runat="server"
| > AutoGenerateColumns="False" DataKeyNames="ProductID"
| > DataSourceID="SqlDataSource2">
| > <Columns>
| > <asp:CheckBoxField DataField="Discontinued"
| > HeaderText="Discontinued" SortExpression="Discontinued" />
| > <asp:BoundField DataField="ProductID"
| > HeaderText="ProductID" InsertVisible="False"
| > ReadOnly="True" SortExpression="ProductID" />
| > <asp:BoundField DataField="ProductName"
| > HeaderText="ProductName" SortExpression="ProductName" />
| > <asp:BoundField DataField="UnitPrice"
| > HeaderText="UnitPrice" SortExpression="UnitPrice" />
| > </Columns>
| > </asp:GridView>
| > ======================
| >
| > And we can also programmatically call the datasource.select method with
| > the
| > certain parameter instances as I've mentioned in the former message....
| >
| > Thanks,
| >
| > Steven Cheng
| > Microsoft Online Support
| >
| > Get Secure!
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| > | Steven,
| > |
| > | I was told by someone that I should just loop through the gridview and
| > get
| > | the data that way. Is this incorrect?
| > |
| > | The way that you explain makes sense. Is the select method expression
| > just
| > | like SQL scripts? Because what I really need is to be able to do
| > something
| > | like, "SELECT DISTINCT column FROM table WHERE column='column'". For
| > the
| > | column that I want the data from, there are going to be many of the
same
| > | values. All I want is to know what ones are there. Therefore I dont
| > need
| > | duplicates. So if there were:
| > |
| > | [column1]
| > | hat
| > | car
| > | car
| > | house
| > | hat
| > | hat
| > | hat
| > | car
| > |
| > | It would return back to me:
| > |
| > | hat
| > | car
| > | house
| > |
| > | I am then going to take these values and put them into a datalist
| > control
| > | that will display these as hyperlinks. Then when the user clicks on
the
| > | hyperlink I can use that value as criteria for doing an sql query to
the
| > DB
| > | thus repopulating the gridview and repopulating the datalist that
| > represent
| > | the values to filter by based on what was returned by the last sql
query
| > to
| > | the DB.
| > |
| > | I hope that makes sense.
| > |
| > | I will try what you suggested and let you know how it works.
| > |
| > | Thanks,
| > |
| > | J
| > |
| > |
| > |
| > |
| > |
| > | "Steven Cheng[MSFT]" <st*****@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
| > | news:dU**************@TK2MSFTNGXA02.phx.gbl...
| > | > Hi J,
| > | >
| > | > Thanks for the response. For searching, I'm afraid we have to do it
at
| > | > datasource level since the GridView dosn't maintain orginal data
| > records
| > | > after databinding (only displaying databound data......). Also,
the
| > | > DataSource control is mainly used to provide statically data
| > retrieveing
| > | > and work with databound controls, so we can manually call its
methods
| > to
| > | > retrieve the Selected data, but can not affect the way DataBound
| > control
| > | > use it (we can only apply some parameters ...... in it...)
| > | >
| > | > So for your scenario, you can try manually call the SqlDataSource
| > | > control's
| > | > Select method with proper parameters then the returned object is the
| > | > datasouce (by default it is a DataView since the DataSourceMode is
set
| > to
| > | > "DataSet" ). e.g:
| > | >
| > | > DataView dv =
SqlDataSource1.Select(DataSourceSelectArguments.Em pty)
| > as
| > | > DataView;
| > | > Response.Write("<br>Returned: " + dv.Table.Select(.....) );
| > | >
| > | > Also, for such scenario, it is prefered that you not use
| > | > DataSourceControl,
| > | > just programmatically retrieve the DataSet/DataTable your self and
| > stored
| > | > in Cache, so that you can reuse it for searching later ......
| > | >
| > | > Thanks,
| > | >
| > | > Steven Cheng
| > | > Microsoft Online Support
| > | >
| > | > Get Secure!
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| > | > | Steven,
| > | > |
| > | > | Cool that helped me with filtering the rows but I have one other
| > | > question.
| > | > |
| > | > | How do I search through the gridview? Would I do this at the
| > | > sqldatasource
| > | > | level?
| > | > |
| > | > | I figured that I sould search with the datatable.select but how
do I
| > | > access
| > | > | the datatable of the sqldatasource?
| > | > |
| > | > | Thanks for your help
| > | > |
| > | > | J
| > | > |
| > | > |
| > | > | "Steven Cheng[MSFT]" <st*****@online.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
| > | > | news:5w**************@TK2MSFTNGXA02.phx.gbl...
| > | > | > Hi J,
| > | > | >
| > | > | > Welcome to ASPNET newsgroup.
| > | > | > As for the filtering data displayed in the asp.net GridView
| > control
| > | > | > question, based on my understanding, we should do this at
| > DataSource
| > | > | > level... I think you're using a SqlDataSource to provide the
data
| > | > records
| > | > | > to the GridView , yes? If so, you can have alook at the
| > following
| > | > msdn
| > | > | > reference about using filtering function of the
SqlDataSource....:
| > | > | >
| > | > | > #How to: Enable Filtering for SqlDataSource Controls (Visual
| > Studio)
| > | > | >
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms178306.aspx
| > | > | >
| > | > | > e.g:
| > | > | >
| > | > | > <asp:CheckBox ID="Discontinued" runat="server"
| > AutoPostBack="True"
| > />
| > | > | > <asp:SqlDataSource ID="SqlDataSource1" runat="server"
| > | > | > ConnectionString="<%$
| > | > | > ConnectionStrings:LocalNorthWind %>"
| > | > | > SelectCommand="SELECT [ProductID], [ProductName],
| > | > | > [Discontinued], [ReorderLevel], [CategoryID] FROM [Products]"
| > | > | > FilterExpression="Discontinued = {0}"
| > | > | > OnSelected="SqlDataSource1_Selected">
| > | > | > <FilterParameters>
| > | > | > <asp:ControlParameter ControlID="Discontinued"
| > | > | > Type="boolean"
| > | > | > Name="disc" PropertyName="Checked" />
| > | > | > </FilterParameters>
| > | > | > </asp:SqlDataSource>
| > | > | >
| > | > | >
| > | > | > The above sql datasource setting the filter as "Discontinued =
| > {0}"
| > ,
| > | > and
| > | > | > the parameter is defined in the <Filterparameters> collection...
| > The
| > | > | > filter experssion is just the same as the Filter Expression we
set
| > for
| > | > | > DataView class programmatically. And this filtering is done
| > through
| > | > the
| > | > | > DataSet returned by the DataSourceControl rather than filtering
at
| > | > | > database
| > | > | > level ( the "Where" statement
| > | > | > of the DataSoureControl is used to done database level filtering
| > ....
| > | > | >
| > | > | > Thanks,
| > | > | >
| > | > | > Steven Cheng
| > | > | > Microsoft Online Support
| > | > | >
| > | > | > Get Secure!
www.microsoft.com/security
| > | > | > (This posting is provided "AS IS", with no warranties, and
confers
| > no
| > | > | > rights.)
| > | > | >
| > | > | >
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| > | > | > microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.aspnet:365002
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| > | > | > | Hello,
| > | > | > |
| > | > | > | Does anyone have an idea on how I can filter the data in the
| > | > gridview
| > | > | > | control that was returned by an sql query?
| > | > | > |
| > | > | > | I have a gridview that works fine when I populate it with
data.
| > Now
| > | > I
| > | > | > want
| > | > | > | to look at that data and filter it based on what is in it.
| > | > | > |
| > | > | > | I know that this could have been done with data sets and data
| > views
| > | > in
| > | > | > | asp.net 1.1 but how is this done now in asp.net 2.0?
| > | > | > |
| > | > | > | Is there a way to do this?
| > | > | > |
| > | > | > | Thanks,
| > | > | > |
| > | > | > | J
| > | > | > |
| > | > | > |
| > | > | > |
| > | > | >
| > | > |
| > | > |
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| > | >
| > |
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