ObjectDataSource UpdateMethod with integer collection

[J055]

Hi

I have a method with the following signature:

public bool UpdateSetAccounts(int[] items) { }

How do I pass a collection of selected values in a ListBox to this
ObjectDataSource UpdateMethod?

I can pass the ListItemCollection in a ControlParameter, e.g.

<UpdateParameters>
<asp:ControlParameter ControlID="lbxAssignees" Type="object"
PropertyName="Items" Name="items" />
</UpdateParameters>

Not sure how to deal with it in the Updating event, e.g.

protected void odsSetAccounts_Updating(object sender,
ObjectDataSourceMethodEventArgs e)
{
ListItemCollection items = (ListItemCollection)e.InputParameters[0];
// what happens next?
}

I must be missing something obvious in the documentation. Handling multiple
selected values in ListBoxes, CheckboxLists, etc must be fairly standard. Is
there a recommended way of using these with ObjectDataSource controls?

Thanks
Andrew

[Steven Cheng[MSFT]]

Hello Andrew,

For your scenario, your data access class's update method will take a int[]
input parameter and you use it in ObjectDatasoruce, and the parameter
source is a ListBox(configuer as multi-select ), I think you need to take
care of the following things:

1. You should not directly associate the ListBox.Items to
ObjectDataSource's update parameter, because they're unmatched on type(one
is ListItemCollection, the other is int[])

2. You're right that you need to manually pass in the paramter through
ObjectDataSource's Updating event

Here is a simple example demonstrate pass parameter from ListBox's selected
items into my custom object's update method through objectDatasource:

=========custom class=========
public class DataAccessObject
{
public DataAccessObject()
{

}

public int[] GetItems()
{

HttpContext.Current.Response.Write("<br/>DataAccessObject.GetItems....");
return new int[] { 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9};
}
public void UpdateItems(int[] items)
{

HttpContext.Current.Response.Write("<br/>DataAccessObject.UpdateItems...."
+ items.Length);
}
}
============================
===========aspx==============
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:ObjectDataSource ID="ObjectDataSource1" runat="server"
SelectMethod="GetItems" TypeName="DataAccessObject"
UpdateMethod="UpdateItems" OnUpdating="ObjectDataSource1_Updating">
<UpdateParameters>
<asp:Parameter Name="items" />
</UpdateParameters>
</asp:ObjectDataSource>
<asp:ListBox ID="ListBox1" runat="server"
DataSourceID="ObjectDataSource1" Height="286px" SelectionMode="multiple"
Width="167px"></asp:ListBox><br />
<asp:Button ID="btnUpdate" runat="server" Text="Update"
OnClick="btnUpdate_Click" /></div>
</form>
==============================

=========code behind==========
public partial class dataaccess_ObjArrayDS : System.Web.UI.Page
{
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{

}
protected void btnUpdate_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{

ObjectDataSource1.Update();
}
protected void ObjectDataSource1_Updating(object sender,
ObjectDataSourceMethodEventArgs e)
{
ArrayList list = new ArrayList();
foreach (ListItem item in ListBox1.Items)
{
if (item.Selected == true)
{
list.Add(int.Parse(item.Value));
}
}

int[] items = (int[])list.ToArray(typeof(int));

e.InputParameters["items"] = items;

}
}
==============================
Actually, for such scenario, it's more straightforward that we directly
call the custom class's method instead of ObjectDataSource.

Hope this helps.

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead

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[J055]

Hi Steven

Thanks for the information. That's very helpful.

Thanks
Andrew