SqlDataSource.Updating Event

Definition

Occurs before an update operation.

C#
public event System.Web.UI.WebControls.SqlDataSourceCommandEventHandler Updating;

Event Type

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to display data that is retrieved from a Microsoft SQL Server database in a DropDownList control and update the record using a TextBox control. The example shows how you can use a DbTransaction object to add transaction context when using the SqlDataSource control to update data.

ASP.NET (C#)
<%@Page  Language="C#" %>
<%@Import Namespace="System.Data" %>
<%@Import Namespace="System.Data.Common" %>
<%@Import Namespace="System.Data.SqlClient" %>
<%@Import Namespace="System.Diagnostics" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<script runat="server">

 private void On_Click(Object source, EventArgs e) {    
    SqlDataSource1.Update();
 }

 private void OnSqlUpdating(Object source, SqlDataSourceCommandEventArgs e) {
    DbCommand command = e.Command;
    DbConnection cx  = command.Connection;    
    cx.Open();    
    DbTransaction tx = cx.BeginTransaction();
    command.Transaction = tx;
 }

 private void OnSqlUpdated(Object source, SqlDataSourceStatusEventArgs e) {
    DbCommand command = e.Command;
    DbTransaction tx = command.Transaction;
    
    // In this code example the OtherProcessSucceeded variable represents
    // the outcome of some other process that occurs whenever the data is 
    // updated, and must succeed for the data change to be committed. For 
    // simplicity, we set this value to true. 
    bool OtherProcessSucceeded = true;
    
    if (OtherProcessSucceeded) {
        tx.Commit();
        Label2.Text="The record was updated successfully!";
    }
    else {
        tx.Rollback();
        Label2.Text="The record was not updated.";
    }
 }

</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
  <head runat="server">
    <title>ASP.NET Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
      <asp:SqlDataSource
          id="SqlDataSource1"
          runat="server"
          ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:MyNorthwind%>"
          SelectCommand="SELECT EmployeeID, LastName, Address FROM Employees"
          UpdateCommand="UPDATE Employees SET Address=@Address WHERE EmployeeID=@EmployeeID"
          OnUpdating="OnSqlUpdating"
          OnUpdated ="OnSqlUpdated">
          <UpdateParameters>
              <asp:ControlParameter Name="Address" ControlId="TextBox1" PropertyName="Text"/>
              <asp:ControlParameter Name="EmployeeID" ControlId="DropDownList1" PropertyName="SelectedValue"/>
          </UpdateParameters>
      </asp:SqlDataSource>

      <asp:DropDownList
          id="DropDownList1"
          runat="server"
          DataTextField="LastName"
          DataValueField="EmployeeID"
          DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1">
      </asp:DropDownList>

      <br />
      <asp:Label id="Label1" runat="server" Text="Enter a new address for the selected user."
        AssociatedControlID="TextBox1" />
      <asp:TextBox id="TextBox1" runat="server" />
      <asp:Button id="Submit" runat="server" Text="Submit" OnClick="On_Click" />

      <br /><asp:Label id="Label2" runat="server" Text="" />

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

Remarks

Handle the Updating event to perform additional initialization operations that are specific to your application, to validate the values of parameters, or to change the parameter values before the SqlDataSource control performs the update operation. The connection to the underlying data source is not yet open when the event handler delegate is called. Therefore, you cannot directly cancel the Update database operation by calling the Cancel method on the DbCommand object that is exposed by the SqlDataSourceCommandEventArgs object. You can, however, cancel the database operation by setting the Cancel property of the SqlDataSourceCommandEventArgs to true.

For more information about how to handle events, see Handling and Raising Events.

Important

Values are inserted into parameters without validation, which is a potential security threat. Use the Updating event to validate parameter values before executing the query. For more information, see Script Exploits Overview.

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

See also