Databind a Label (or Literal), proper way?

[Brian Simmons]

I'll try to keep this short & sweet and hopefully get the direction I'm
looking for.

I'll drop a SqlDatasource onto a webform. Configure it to use a stored
proc, perhaps have the parameters be QueryString parms or Session variables,
whatever the situation calls for.

The Stored Proc will return one row of data, let's say FirstName & LastName,
John Smith.

I drop a Label (or Literal) onto the webform.

I would like the Label's Text property to be set to FirstName.

What/where is the proper way to hook this up?

In the past, I've had a Page_Load event and if not Postback, I setup a
datareader and read the values from the datareader and populate the
label/literal/textbox controls.

But I was thinking there must be a way to utilize the SqlDatasource object
and do the same thing (thus saving having to write all that SP calling code
in the Page_Load).

Thanks,
Brian

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Hi Brian,

I think you can try the following code to bind your Label control to a
SqlDataSource.

Dim dv As DataView =
CType(SqlDataSource1.Select(DataSourceSelectArgume nts.Empty), DataView)
Dim dr As DataRowView = dv.Item(1)
Me.Label1.Text = dr.Item(0)

Regards,
Manish
www.ComponentOne.com
"Brian Simmons" wrote:

I'll try to keep this short & sweet and hopefully get the direction I'm
looking for.

I'll drop a SqlDatasource onto a webform. Configure it to use a stored
proc, perhaps have the parameters be QueryString parms or Session variables,
whatever the situation calls for.

The Stored Proc will return one row of data, let's say FirstName & LastName,
John Smith.

I drop a Label (or Literal) onto the webform.

I would like the Label's Text property to be set to FirstName.

What/where is the proper way to hook this up?

In the past, I've had a Page_Load event and if not Postback, I setup a
datareader and read the values from the datareader and populate the
label/literal/textbox controls.

But I was thinking there must be a way to utilize the SqlDatasource object
and do the same thing (thus saving having to write all that SP calling code
in the Page_Load).

Thanks,
Brian