SqlDataSource.SelectCommandType Property

Definition

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

public System.Web.UI.WebControls.SqlDataSourceCommandType SelectCommandType { get; set; }

Property Value

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

Examples

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, in order to retrieve data from a Microsoft SQL Server database and display it in a DropDownList control.

<!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="<%$ ConnectionStrings:MyNorthwind%>"
                SelectCommandType="StoredProcedure"                
                SelectCommand="sp_lastnames">
            </asp:SqlDataSource>

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

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

Remarks

The SelectCommandType property delegates to the SelectCommandType property of the SqlDataSourceView object that is associated with the SqlDataSource control.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1

See also