Reading SQLServer Database using Datasource

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Hi,
I have created a datasource to connect with SQL Data Base. It works fine when I connected it with GridView. I need to read certain item (say FirstName) and store the value to a variable.
How can I use this datasource? Could you give me the statements for that?

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Posted 4-Sep-11 3:36am

Furqan Sehgal

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@nuraGGupta@ · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-04T03:49:00

Solution 1

You have got your Datasource by name ds(say),

Now, you can read the particular values as :

VB

Dim FirstName As String = Convert.ToString(ds.Tables("TableEmp").Rows(0).Item("FirstName"))

I hope this solves your query.

Anurag

Posted 4-Sep-11 3:49am

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Updated 4-Sep-11 5:06am

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Furqan Sehgal 4-Sep-11 10:22am

It does not work. MyDataSource. does not display Tables or further commands that you mentioned. Please note I am using vb.net

@nuraGGupta@ 4-Sep-11 10:38am

ohhh sorry, I posted my answer in C#, please see my updated answer (Although that is not much different).

Furqan Sehgal 4-Sep-11 10:56am

It says Table is not a member of system.web.ui.webcontrols........

@nuraGGupta@ 4-Sep-11 11:04am

I guess when you say datasource, you mean dataset. The given link may help you out :

http://www.homeandlearn.co.uk/net/nets12p6.html

Wendelius 4-Sep-11 11:37am

I believe that the OP means a datasource, not dataset. For example: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.ui.webcontrols.sqldatasource.aspx[^]

@nuraGGupta@ 4-Sep-11 12:14pm

Yes, the error message he described "It says Table is not a member of system.web.ui.webcontrols........" depicts the same, thats why I thought to confirm it first.

Furqan Sehgal 4-Sep-11 11:57am

How to make a dataset? I can do that in winforms but donot know about asp.net

@nuraGGupta@ 4-Sep-11 12:13pm

Its the same in both modes. Moreover, you can see how to make it in the link I provided you above.

@nuraGGupta@ 4-Sep-11 12:18pm

Or, otherwise you can access particular field from sqldatasource also. Please see the link : http://www.mikesdotnetting.com/Article/45/Programmatically-accessing-data-from-DataSource-controls