SqlDataSourceMode Enum
Definition
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Specifies whether a SqlDataSource or AccessDataSource control retrieves data as a IDataReader or DataSet.
public enum class SqlDataSourceMode
public enum SqlDataSourceMode
type SqlDataSourceMode =
Public Enum SqlDataSourceMode
- Inheritance
Fields
Name | Value | Description |
---|---|---|
DataReader | 0 | Retrieves data from the underlying data storage as an IDataReader. |
DataSet | 1 | Retrieves data from the underlying data storage into a DataSet structure. |
Examples
The following example demonstrates how to set the DataSourceMode property of a SqlDataSource control to DataReader
when retrieving a simple list of items from a SQL Server database into a ListBox control.
<%@ Page language="C#" %>
<!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:SqlDataSource
id="SqlDataSource1"
runat="server"
DataSourceMode="DataReader"
ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:MyNorthwind%>"
SelectCommand="SELECT LastName FROM Employees">
</asp:SqlDataSource>
<asp:ListBox
id="ListBox1"
runat="server"
DataTextField="LastName"
DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1">
</asp:ListBox>
</form>
</body>
</html>
<%@ Page language="VB" %>
<!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:SqlDataSource
id="SqlDataSource1"
runat="server"
DataSourceMode="DataReader"
ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:MyNorthwind%>"
SelectCommand="SELECT LastName FROM Employees">
</asp:SqlDataSource>
<asp:ListBox
id="ListBox1"
runat="server"
DataTextField="LastName"
DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1">
</asp:ListBox>
</form>
</body>
</html>
The following example demonstrates how to set the SqlDataSource.DataSourceMode property to DataSet
when retrieving a set of data into a GridView control that has sorting enabled.
<!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:SqlDataSource
id="SqlDataSource1"
runat="server"
DataSourceMode="DataSet"
ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:MyNorthwind%>"
SelectCommand="SELECT FirstName, LastName, Title FROM Employees">
</asp:SqlDataSource>
<asp:GridView
id="GridView1"
runat="server"
AllowSorting="True"
DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1">
</asp:GridView>
</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:SqlDataSource
id="SqlDataSource1"
runat="server"
DataSourceMode="DataSet"
ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:MyNorthwind%>"
SelectCommand="SELECT FirstName, LastName, Title FROM Employees">
</asp:SqlDataSource>
<asp:GridView
id="GridView1"
runat="server"
AllowSorting="True"
DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1">
</asp:GridView>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Remarks
The SqlDataSourceMode
enumeration is used by the SqlDataSource and AccessDataSource controls to describe the data retrieval mode that the data source control uses when the Select method is called. When the DataSourceMode property is set to DataSet
, data is loaded into a DataSet structure. This enables scenarios where user interface controls such as GridView offer sorting and paging capabilities. When the DataSourceMode property is set to DataReader
, data is retrieved by an IDataReader object, which is a read-only, forward-only cursor.
The SqlDataSourceMode
enumeration is only used to describe how the Select command retrieves data; it has no effect on other operations the SqlDataSource control performs, such as Insert, Update, or Delete.