SqlDataSource.SelectCommandType Property
Definition
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Gets or sets a value indicating whether the text in the SelectCommand property is an SQL query or the name of a stored procedure.
public:
property System::Web::UI::WebControls::SqlDataSourceCommandType SelectCommandType { System::Web::UI::WebControls::SqlDataSourceCommandType get(); void set(System::Web::UI::WebControls::SqlDataSourceCommandType value); };
public System.Web.UI.WebControls.SqlDataSourceCommandType SelectCommandType { get; set; }
member this.SelectCommandType : System.Web.UI.WebControls.SqlDataSourceCommandType with get, set
Public Property SelectCommandType As SqlDataSourceCommandType
Property Value
One of the SqlDataSourceCommandType values. The default is the Text value.
Examples
The following code example demonstrates how to set the SelectCommand text to the name of a stored procedure and the SelectCommandType property to the StoredProcedure value, in order to retrieve data from a Microsoft SQL Server database and display it in a DropDownList control.
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>ASP.NET Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<asp:DropDownList
id="DropDownList1"
runat="server"
DataTextField="LastName"
DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1" />
<asp:SqlDataSource
id="SqlDataSource1"
runat="server"
ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:MyNorthwind%>"
SelectCommandType="StoredProcedure"
SelectCommand="sp_lastnames">
</asp:SqlDataSource>
<!--
The sp_lastnames stored procedure is
CREATE PROCEDURE sp_lastnames AS
SELECT LastName FROM Employees
GO
-->
</form>
</body>
</html>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>ASP.NET Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<asp:DropDownList
id="DropDownList1"
runat="server"
DataTextField="LastName"
DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1" />
<asp:SqlDataSource
id="SqlDataSource1"
runat="server"
ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:MyNorthwind%>"
SelectCommandType = "StoredProcedure"
SelectCommand="sp_lastnames">
</asp:SqlDataSource>
<!--
The sp_lastnames stored procedure is
CREATE PROCEDURE sp_lastnames AS
SELECT LastName FROM Employees
GO
-->
</form>
</body>
</html>
Remarks
The SelectCommandType property delegates to the SelectCommandType property of the SqlDataSourceView object that is associated with the SqlDataSource control.