SqlDataSourceView.SelectCommandType Property

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the text in the SelectCommand property is a SQL query or the name of a stored procedure.

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

public:
property SqlDataSourceCommandType SelectCommandType {
	SqlDataSourceCommandType get ();
	void set (SqlDataSourceCommandType value);
}
/** @property */
public SqlDataSourceCommandType get_SelectCommandType ()

/** @property */
public void set_SelectCommandType (SqlDataSourceCommandType value)

public function get SelectCommandType () : SqlDataSourceCommandType

public function set SelectCommandType (value : SqlDataSourceCommandType)

Not applicable.

Property Value

One of the SqlDataSourceCommandType values. The default is the Text value.

Exception typeCondition

ArgumentOutOfRangeException

The selected value is not one of the SqlDataSourceCommandType values.

The value of the SelectCommandType property is stored in view state.

The following code example demonstrates how to set the SelectCommand text to the name of a stored procedure and the SelectCommandType property to the StoredProcedure value to retrieve data from a Microsoft SQL Server database and display it in a DropDownList.

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<!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:DropDownList
                id="DropDownList1"
                runat="server"
                DataTextField="LastName"
                DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1" />

            <asp:SqlDataSource
                id="SqlDataSource1"
                runat="server"
                ConnectionString="Data Source=localhost;Integrated Security=SSPI;Initial Catalog=Northwind;"
                SelectCommand="sp_lastnames">
            </asp:SqlDataSource>

            <!--
                The sp_lastnames stored procedure is
                CREATE PROCEDURE sp_lastnames AS
                   SELECT LastName FROM Employees
                GO
            -->

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

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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