ObjectDataSource.SqlCacheDependency Property

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Web.UI.WebControls

Assembly:: System.Web.dll

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Gets or sets a semicolon-delimited string that indicates which databases and tables to use for the Microsoft SQL Server cache dependency.

public:
 virtual property System::String ^ SqlCacheDependency { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };

public virtual string SqlCacheDependency { get; set; }

member this.SqlCacheDependency : string with get, set

Public Overridable Property SqlCacheDependency As String

Property Value

String

A string that indicates which databases and tables to use for the SQL Server cache dependency.

Examples

This section contains two code examples. The first code example demonstrates how to create a SQL Server cache dependency and set the SqlCacheDependency property of a ObjectDataSource object. The second code example demonstrates how to implement a wrapper method that returns a DataSet object to enable caching and filtering with an ObjectDataSource object.

The following code example demonstrates how to create a SQL Server cache dependency and set the SqlCacheDependency property of a ObjectDataSource control. In this example, the database is polled every 120 seconds. If the data in the Northwind Traders Employees table changes during that time, any data that is cached by the ObjectDataSource control and displayed by the GridView control is expired and a new set of data is retrieved on the next request for the page.

ASP.NET (C#)

<%@ Register TagPrefix="aspSample" Namespace="Samples.AspNet.CS" Assembly="Samples.AspNet.CS" %>
<%@ Page language="c#" %>

<!--
The page uses an example configuration that includes
connection strings and a defined SqlCacheDependecy.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>

  <connectionStrings>
    <add name="MyNorthwind"
         connectionString="Data Source="localhost";Integrated Security="SSPI";Initial Catalog="Northwind""
         providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
  </connectionStrings>

  <system.web>
    <cache>
      <sqlCacheDependency enabled="true">
        <databases>
          <add
            name="Northwind"
            connectionStringName="MyNorthwind"
            pollTime="120000" />
        </databases>
      </sqlCacheDependency>
    </cache>

  </system.web>
</configuration>
-->



<!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>
    <title>ObjectDataSource - C# Example</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <form id="Form1" method="post" runat="server">

        <asp:gridview
          id="GridView1"
          runat="server"
          datasourceid="ObjectDataSource1" />

        <asp:objectdatasource
          id="ObjectDataSource1"
          runat="server"
          typename="Samples.AspNet.CS.EmployeeLogic"
          selectmethod="GetAllEmployeesAsDataSet"
          enablecaching="True"
          cacheduration="300"
          cacheexpirationpolicy="Absolute"
          sqlcachedependency="Northwind:Employees" />

    </form>
  </body>
</html>

<%@ Register TagPrefix="aspSample" Namespace="Samples.AspNet.VB" Assembly="Samples.AspNet.VB" %>
<%@ Page language="vb" %>

<!--

The page uses an example configuration that includes
connection strings and a defined SqlCacheDependecy.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>

  <connectionStrings>
    <add name="MyNorthwind"
         connectionString="Data Source="localhost";Integrated Security="SSPI";Initial Catalog="Northwind""
         providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
  </connectionStrings>

  <system.web>
    <cache>
      <sqlCacheDependency enabled="true">
        <databases>
          <add
            name="Northwind"
            connectionStringName="MyNorthwind"
            pollTime="120000" />
        </databases>
      </sqlCacheDependency>
    </cache>

  </system.web>
</configuration>
-->



<!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>
    <title>ObjectDataSource - VB Example</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <form id="Form1" method="post" runat="server">

        <asp:gridview
          id="GridView1"
          runat="server"
          datasourceid="ObjectDataSource1" />

        <asp:objectdatasource
          id="ObjectDataSource1"
          runat="server"
          typename="Samples.AspNet.VB.EmployeeLogic"
          selectmethod="GetAllEmployeesAsDataSet"
          enablecaching="True"
          cacheduration="300"
          cacheexpirationpolicy="Absolute"
          sqlcachedependency="Northwind:Employees" />

    </form>
  </body>
</html>

The following code example demonstrates how to implement a wrapper method that returns a DataSet object to enable caching and filtering with an ObjectDataSource control. In the base implementation of the EmployeeLogic class, the GetAllEmployees method returns an ArrayList object. Instead of refactoring the object completely to work with the ObjectDataSource on a Web Forms page, a wrapper method named GetAllEmployeesAsDataSet is added that returns a set of NorthwindEmployee data as a DataSet.

namespace Samples.AspNet.CS {

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
  //
  // EmployeeLogic is a stateless business object that encapsulates
  // the operations one can perform on a NorthwindEmployee object.
  //
  public class EmployeeLogic {

    // Returns a collection of NorthwindEmployee objects.
    public static ICollection GetAllEmployees () {
      ArrayList al = new ArrayList();

      ConnectionStringSettings cts = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["NorthwindConnection"];

      SqlDataSource sds
        = new SqlDataSource(cts.ConnectionString,
                            "SELECT EmployeeID FROM Employees");
      try {
        IEnumerable IDs = sds.Select(DataSourceSelectArguments.Empty);

        // Iterate through the Enumeration and create a
        // NorthwindEmployee object for each ID.
        IEnumerator enumerator = IDs.GetEnumerator();
        while (enumerator.MoveNext()) {
          // The IEnumerable contains DataRowView objects.
          DataRowView row = enumerator.Current as DataRowView;
          string id = row["EmployeeID"].ToString();
          NorthwindEmployee nwe = new NorthwindEmployee(id);
          // Add the NorthwindEmployee object to the collection.
          al.Add(nwe);
        }
      }
      finally {
        // If anything strange happens, clean up.
        sds.Dispose();
      }

      return al;
    }

    //
    // To support basic filtering, the employees cannot
    // be returned as an array of objects, rather as a
    // DataSet of the raw data values.
    public static DataSet GetAllEmployeesAsDataSet () {
      ICollection employees = GetAllEmployees();

      DataSet ds = new DataSet("Table");

      // Create the schema of the DataTable.
      DataTable dt = new DataTable();
      DataColumn dc;
      dc = new DataColumn("FirstName", typeof(string)); dt.Columns.Add(dc);
      dc = new DataColumn("LastName",  typeof(string)); dt.Columns.Add(dc);
      dc = new DataColumn("Title",     typeof(string)); dt.Columns.Add(dc);
      dc = new DataColumn("Courtesy",  typeof(string)); dt.Columns.Add(dc);
      dc = new DataColumn("Supervisor",typeof(Int32));  dt.Columns.Add(dc);

      // Add rows to the DataTable.
      IEnumerator emplEnum = employees.GetEnumerator();
      DataRow row;
      NorthwindEmployee ne;
      while (emplEnum.MoveNext()) {
        ne = emplEnum.Current as NorthwindEmployee;
        row = dt.NewRow();
        row["FirstName"]  = ne.FirstName;
        row["LastName"]   = ne.LastName;
        row["Title"]      = ne.Title;
        row["Courtesy"]   = ne.Courtesy;
        row["Supervisor"] = ne.Supervisor;
        dt.Rows.Add(row);
      }
      // Add the complete DataTable to the DataSet.
      ds.Tables.Add(dt);

      return ds;
    }
    public static NorthwindEmployee GetEmployee(object anID) {
      if (anID.Equals("-1") ||
          anID.Equals(DBNull.Value) ) {
        return new NorthwindEmployee();
      }
      else {
        return new NorthwindEmployee(anID);
      }
    }

    public static void UpdateEmployeeInfo(NorthwindEmployee ne) {
      bool retval = ne.Save();
      if (!retval) { throw new NorthwindDataException("UpdateEmployee failed."); }
    }

    public static void DeleteEmployee(NorthwindEmployee ne) {
      bool retval = ne.Delete();
      if (!retval) { throw new NorthwindDataException("DeleteEmployee failed."); }
    }
  }

  public class NorthwindEmployee {

    public NorthwindEmployee () {
      ID = DBNull.Value;
      lastName = "";
      firstName = "";
      title="";
      titleOfCourtesy = "";
      reportsTo = -1;
    }

    public NorthwindEmployee (object anID) {
      this.ID = anID;

      SqlConnection conn
        = new SqlConnection (ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["NorthwindConnection"].ConnectionString);
      SqlCommand sc =
        new SqlCommand(" SELECT FirstName,LastName,Title,TitleOfCourtesy,ReportsTo " +
                       " FROM Employees " +
                       " WHERE EmployeeID = @empId",
                       conn);
      // Add the employee ID parameter and set its value.
      sc.Parameters.Add(new SqlParameter("@empId",SqlDbType.Int)).Value = Int32.Parse(anID.ToString());
      SqlDataReader sdr = null;

      try {
        conn.Open();
        sdr = sc.ExecuteReader();

        // Only loop once.
        if (sdr != null && sdr.Read()) {
          // The IEnumerable contains DataRowView objects.
          this.firstName        = sdr["FirstName"].ToString();
          this.lastName         = sdr["LastName"].ToString();
          this.title            = sdr["Title"].ToString();
          this.titleOfCourtesy  = sdr["TitleOfCourtesy"].ToString();
          if (!sdr.IsDBNull(4)) {
            this.reportsTo        = sdr.GetInt32(4);
          }
        }
        else {
          throw new NorthwindDataException("Data not loaded for employee id.");
        }
      }
      finally {
        try {
          if (sdr != null) sdr.Close();
          conn.Close();
        }
        catch (SqlException) {
          // Log an event in the Application Event Log.
          throw;
        }
      }
    }

    private object ID;
    public string EmpID {
      get { return ID.ToString();  }
    }

    private string lastName;
    public string LastName {
      get { return lastName; }
      set { lastName = value; }
    }

    private string firstName;
    public string FirstName {
      get { return firstName; }
      set { firstName = value;  }
    }

    public string FullName {
      get { return FirstName + " " + LastName; }
    }

    private string title;
    public String Title {
      get { return title; }
      set { title = value; }
    }

    private string titleOfCourtesy;
    public string Courtesy {
      get { return titleOfCourtesy; }
      set { titleOfCourtesy = value; }
    }

    private int    reportsTo;
    public int Supervisor {
      get { return reportsTo; }
      set { reportsTo = value; }
    }

    public bool Save () {
      // Implement persistence logic.
      return true;
    }

    public bool Delete () {
      // Implement delete logic.
      return true;
    }
  }

  internal class NorthwindDataException: Exception {
    public NorthwindDataException(string msg) : base (msg) { }
  }
}

Imports System.Collections
Imports System.Configuration
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Data.SqlClient
Imports System.Web.UI
Imports System.Web.UI.WebControls

Namespace Samples.AspNet.VB

' EmployeeLogic is a stateless business object that encapsulates
' the operations one can perform on a NorthwindEmployee object.
'
Public Class EmployeeLogic

   ' Returns a collection of NorthwindEmployee objects.
   Public Shared Function GetAllEmployees() As ICollection
      Dim al As New ArrayList()

      Dim cts As ConnectionStringSettings = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("NorthwindConnection")

      Dim sds As New SqlDataSource(cts.ConnectionString, "SELECT EmployeeID FROM Employees")

      Try
         Dim IDs As IEnumerable = sds.Select(DataSourceSelectArguments.Empty)

         ' Iterate through the Enumeration and create a
         ' NorthwindEmployee object for each ID.
         Dim enumerator As IEnumerator = IDs.GetEnumerator()
         While enumerator.MoveNext()
            ' The IEnumerable contains DataRowView objects.
            Dim row As DataRowView = CType(enumerator.Current,DataRowView)
            Dim id As String = row("EmployeeID").ToString()
            Dim nwe As New NorthwindEmployee(id)
            ' Add the NorthwindEmployee object to the collection.
            al.Add(nwe)
         End While
      Finally
         ' If anything strange happens, clean up.
         sds.Dispose()
      End Try

      Return al
   End Function 'GetAllEmployees

   ' To support basic filtering, the employees cannot
   ' be returned as an array of objects, rather as a
   ' DataSet of the raw data values.
   Public Shared Function GetAllEmployeesAsDataSet() As DataSet
      Dim employees As ICollection = GetAllEmployees()

      Dim ds As New DataSet("Table")

      ' Create the schema of the DataTable.
      Dim dt As New DataTable()
      Dim dc As DataColumn
      dc = New DataColumn("FirstName", GetType(String))
      dt.Columns.Add(dc)
      dc = New DataColumn("LastName", GetType(String))
      dt.Columns.Add(dc)
      dc = New DataColumn("Title", GetType(String))
      dt.Columns.Add(dc)
      dc = New DataColumn("Courtesy", GetType(String))
      dt.Columns.Add(dc)
      dc = New DataColumn("Supervisor", GetType(Int32))
      dt.Columns.Add(dc)

      ' Add rows to the DataTable.
      Dim emplEnum As IEnumerator = employees.GetEnumerator()
      Dim row As DataRow
      Dim ne As NorthwindEmployee
      While emplEnum.MoveNext()
         ne = CType(emplEnum.Current, NorthwindEmployee)
         row = dt.NewRow()
         row("FirstName") = ne.FirstName
         row("LastName") = ne.LastName
         row("Title") = ne.Title
         row("Courtesy") = ne.Courtesy
         row("Supervisor") = ne.Supervisor
         dt.Rows.Add(row)
      End While
      ' Add the complete DataTable to the DataSet.
      ds.Tables.Add(dt)

      Return ds
   End Function 'GetAllEmployeesAsDataSet

   Public Shared Function GetEmployee(anID As Object) As NorthwindEmployee
      If anID.Equals("-1") OrElse anID.Equals(DBNull.Value) Then
         Return New NorthwindEmployee()
      Else
         Return New NorthwindEmployee(anID)
      End If
   End Function 'GetEmployee


   Public Shared Sub UpdateEmployeeInfo(ne As NorthwindEmployee)
      Dim retval As Boolean = ne.Save()
      If Not retval Then
         Throw New NorthwindDataException("UpdateEmployee failed.")
      End If
   End Sub

   Public Shared Sub DeleteEmployee(ne As NorthwindEmployee)
      Dim retval As Boolean = ne.Delete()
      If Not retval Then
         Throw New NorthwindDataException("DeleteEmployee failed.")
      End If
   End Sub
End Class


Public Class NorthwindEmployee


   Public Sub New()
      ID = DBNull.Value
      aLastName = ""
      aFirstName = ""
      aTitle = ""
      titleOfCourtesy = ""
      reportsTo = - 1
   End Sub


   Public Sub New(anID As Object)
      Me.ID = anID

      Dim cts As ConnectionStringSettings = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("NorthwindConnection")

      Dim conn As New SqlConnection(cts.ConnectionString)

      Dim sc As New SqlCommand(" SELECT FirstName,LastName,Title,TitleOfCourtesy,ReportsTo " & _
                               " FROM Employees " & _
                               " WHERE EmployeeID = @empId", conn)
      ' Add the employee ID parameter and set its value.
      sc.Parameters.Add(New SqlParameter("@empId", SqlDbType.Int)).Value = Int32.Parse(anID.ToString())
      Dim sdr As SqlDataReader = Nothing

      Try
         conn.Open()
         sdr = sc.ExecuteReader()

         ' Only loop once.
         If Not (sdr Is Nothing) AndAlso sdr.Read() Then
            ' The IEnumerable contains DataRowView objects.
            Me.aFirstName = sdr("FirstName").ToString()
            Me.aLastName = sdr("LastName").ToString()
            Me.aTitle = sdr("Title").ToString()
            Me.titleOfCourtesy = sdr("TitleOfCourtesy").ToString()
            If Not sdr.IsDBNull(4) Then
               Me.reportsTo = sdr.GetInt32(4)
            End If
         Else
            Throw New NorthwindDataException("Data not loaded for employee id.")
         End If
      Finally
         Try
            If Not (sdr Is Nothing) Then
               sdr.Close()
            End If
            conn.Close()
         Catch se As SqlException
            ' Log an event in the Application Event Log.
            Throw
         End Try
      End Try
   End Sub

   Private ID As Object
   Public ReadOnly Property EmpID() As String
      Get
         Return ID.ToString()
      End Get
   End Property

   Private aLastName As String
   Public Property LastName() As String
      Get
         Return aLastName
      End Get
      Set
         aLastName = value
      End Set
   End Property

   Private aFirstName As String
   Public Property FirstName() As String
      Get
         Return aFirstName
      End Get
      Set
         aFirstName = value
      End Set
   End Property

   Public ReadOnly Property FullName() As String
      Get
         Return FirstName & " " & LastName
      End Get
   End Property

   Private aTitle As String
   Public Property Title() As String
      Get
         Return aTitle
      End Get
      Set
         aTitle = value
      End Set
   End Property

   Private titleOfCourtesy As String
   Public Property Courtesy() As String
      Get
         Return titleOfCourtesy
      End Get
      Set
         titleOfCourtesy = value
      End Set
   End Property

   Private reportsTo As Integer
   Public Property Supervisor() As Integer
      Get
         Return reportsTo
      End Get
      Set
         reportsTo = value
      End Set
   End Property

   Public Function Save() As Boolean

      ' Implement persistence logic.
      Return True

   End Function 'Save


   Public Function Delete() As Boolean

      ' Implement delete logic.
      Return True

   End Function 'Delete
End Class


Friend Class NorthwindDataException
   Inherits Exception

   Public Sub New(msg As String)
      MyBase.New(msg)
   End Sub
End Class
End Namespace

Remarks

The ObjectDataSource control supports an optional expiration policy that is based on the SqlCacheDependency object for the data cache (the service must be configured for the database server).

SQL Server supports two mechanisms for cache invalidation: polling and notification. Each mechanism has a different syntax for the SqlCacheDependency object.

The ObjectDataSource supports only polling. The SqlCacheDependency string is used to create a SqlDependency object that is passed to the DbCommand constructor before the Select method is executed. The SqlCacheDependency string identifies databases and tables according to the same format that is used by the @ Page directive, where the first part of the string is a connection string to a SQL Server database, followed by a colon delimiter, and finally the name of the database table (for example, "connectionstring1:table1"). If the SqlCacheDependency property depends on more than one table, the connection string and table name pairs are separated by semicolons (for example, "connectionstring1:table1";connectionstring2:table2").

To support notification, you must write the cache logic in the implementation of your SelectMethod property and handle the construction of the SqlCacheDependency object in your code.

Applies to

Product	Versions
.NET Framework	2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1

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