Data-bound controls use the DataSourceSelectArguments class to request that a data source control performs additional data-related operations on a result set, such as sorting the data or returning a specific subset of data. These data-related operations are enumerated by the DataSourceCapabilities enumeration. The following table indicates how the DataSourceSelectArguments class supports these data-related operations.

Data-bound controls explicitly call the PerformSelect method to bind data, which calls the Select method of the data source control they are associated with. In this way, the data-bound control retrieves data from the data source control on demand. Because the Select method accepts a DataSourceSelectArguments parameter, the data-bound control is responsible for creating and managing a DataSourceSelectArguments object and passing it to the Select method when it retrieves data from the data source control.

In some cases, data-bound controls might not need any additional data-related capabilities. In this case, data-bound controls pass an Empty arguments object to the Select method.

For sorted result sets, data-bound controls check a data source view's CanSort property at run time, and add a DataSourceCapabilities.Sort capability using the AddSupportedCapabilities method. As a separate operation, the data-bound control can request a sorted result set from a data source control by setting the SortExpression property on the DataSourceSelectArguments object passed to the Select method.

For paging scenarios, data-bound controls check a data source view's CanPage property at run time, and add a DataSourceCapabilities.Page capability using the AddSupportedCapabilities method. As a separate operation, the data-bound control can request a subset of data from a data source control for paging by setting the StartRowIndex and MaximumRows properties on the DataSourceSelectArguments object passed to the Select method.

To retrieve a total row count for paging scenarios, data-bound controls check a data source view's CanRetrieveTotalRowCount property at run time, and add a DataSourceCapabilities.RetrieveTotalRowCount capability using the AddSupportedCapabilities method. As a separate operation, the data-bound control can request a total row count from a data source control for paging by setting the RetrieveTotalRowCount property on the DataSourceSelectArguments object passed to the Select method. When the Select method returns, the total row count is contained by the TotalRowCount property.

Important:
If any of the DataSourceSelectArguments properties are set, but the currently bound data source control does not support the requested capability, an InvalidOperationException exception is thrown when the DataSourceSelectArguments.RaiseUnsupportedCapabilitiesError method is called.

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