ObjectDatasource

[motorhead_maniac]

hi All,

Iam having a objectdatasource control declared in the markup as
<asp:ObjectDataSource ID="odsProperties" runat="server"
TypeName="System.Collections.IEnumerable"
SelectMethod="GetProperties"></asp:ObjectDataSource>
Then on the code behind iam hacing a method declated like ...

public IEnumerable GetProperties()
{

return New ArrayList();
}
but i still get the following error

ObjectDataSource 'odsProperties' could not find a non-generic method
'GetProperties' that has no parameters.
Am i missing something ?, this is very basic and should work :)

regards

[Onwuka Emeka]

Your typename should be the name of the class where the method is defined in
e.g
public class MyClass{
public IEnumerable GetProperties()
{
return New ArrayList();
}
}

so your ObjectDataSource should be

<asp:ObjectDataSource ID="odsProperties" runat="server"

TypeName="MyClass" SelectMethod="GetProperties"></asp:ObjectDataSource>
Your previous construct would insinuate that "GetProperties" was a method in
the System.Collections.IEnumerable class
"motorhead_maniac" <as*****@thisisjunk.com> wrote in message
news:uC**************@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... hi All,

Iam having a objectdatasource control declared in the markup as
<asp:ObjectDataSource ID="odsProperties" runat="server"
TypeName="System.Collections.IEnumerable"
SelectMethod="GetProperties"></asp:ObjectDataSource>
Then on the code behind iam hacing a method declated like ...

public IEnumerable GetProperties()
{

return New ArrayList();
}
but i still get the following error

ObjectDataSource 'odsProperties' could not find a non-generic method
'GetProperties' that has no parameters.
Am i missing something ?, this is very basic and should work :)

regards

[motorhead_maniac]

Onwuka,
thanks for the reply, i can see clearly now :) , iam wondering if i can
specify the control class name itself somehow :)

regards
Onwuka Emeka wrote:

Your typename should be the name of the class where the method is defined in
e.g
public class MyClass{
public IEnumerable GetProperties()
{
return New ArrayList();
}
}

so your ObjectDataSource should be

<asp:ObjectDataSource ID="odsProperties" runat="server"

TypeName="MyClass" SelectMethod="GetProperties"></asp:ObjectDataSource>

Your previous construct would insinuate that "GetProperties" was a method in
the System.Collections.IEnumerable class
"motorhead_maniac" <as*****@thisisjunk.com> wrote in message
news:uC**************@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

hi All,

Iam having a objectdatasource control declared in the markup as
<asp:ObjectDataSource ID="odsProperties" runat="server"
TypeName="System.Collections.IEnumerable"
SelectMethod="GetProperties"></asp:ObjectDataSource>
Then on the code behind iam hacing a method declated like ...

public IEnumerable GetProperties()
{

return New ArrayList();
}
but i still get the following error

ObjectDataSource 'odsProperties' could not find a non-generic method
'GetProperties' that has no parameters.
Am i missing something ?, this is very basic and should work :)

regards