HtmlSelect.GetData Method

Gets an IEnumerable object that represents the data source that is bound to the HtmlSelect control.

Namespace: System.Web.UI.HtmlControls
Assembly: System.Web (in system.web.dll)

protected:
virtual IEnumerable^ GetData ()
protected IEnumerable GetData ()
protected function GetData () : IEnumerable
Not applicable.

Return Value

An IEnumerable object. If no data source is specified, a default value of a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) is returned.

Exception typeCondition

HttpException

The DataSourceID property is not of type IDataSource.

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The DataSourceID property is not of type IHierarchicalDataSource.

InvalidOperationException

Both a DataSource and a DataSourceID property are defined for the HtmlSelect control.

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The requested data view cannot be found.

The GetData method returns an IEnumerable object independent of whether the data source was specified by the DataSource property or the DataSourceID property.

Windows 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0

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