ASP.NET Tutorial/ADO.net Database/DataAdapter
DataAdapter is the bridge between an in-memory table and a physical table.
File: App_Code\Product.cs
using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
using System.Web.Configuration;
using System.Collections.Generic;
public class Product
{
private static readonly string _connectionString;
public DataTable GetAll()
{
SqlDataAdapter dad = new SqlDataAdapter("SELECT Title,Director FROM Products", _connectionString);
DataTable dtblProducts = new DataTable();
dad.Fill(dtblProducts);
return dtblProducts;
}
static Product()
{
_connectionString = WebConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["Products"].ConnectionString;
}
}
File: Web.config
<configuration>
<connectionStrings>
<add name="Products"
connectionString="Data Source=.\SQLEXPRESS;
AttachDbFilename=|DataDirectory|MyDatabase.mdf;Integrated Security=True;User Instance=True" />
</connectionStrings>
</configuration>
File: ShowProduct.aspx
<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<!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 id="Head1" runat="server">
<title>Show Product</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:GridView
id="grdProducts"
DataSourceID="srcProducts"
Runat="server" />
<asp:ObjectDataSource
id="srcProducts"
TypeName="Product"
SelectMethod="GetAll"
Runat="server" />
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Performing Batch Updates
<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Data" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Data.SqlClient" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Web.Configuration" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">
private SqlDataAdapter dad;
private DataTable dtblProducts;
void Page_Load()
{
string connectionString = WebConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["Products"].ConnectionString;
SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(connectionString);
dad = new SqlDataAdapter("SELECT Id,Title,Director FROM Products", con);
SqlCommandBuilder builder = new SqlCommandBuilder(dad);
dtblProducts = new DataTable();
dad.Fill(dtblProducts);
rptProducts.DataSource = dtblProducts;
rptProducts.DataBind();
}
protected void lnkUpdate_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
for (int i=0; i < rptProducts.Items.Count;i++)
{
RepeaterItem item = rptProducts.Items[i];
TextBox txtTitle = (TextBox)item.FindControl("txtTitle");
TextBox txtDirector = (TextBox)item.FindControl("txtDirector");
if (dtblProducts.Rows[i]["Title"] != txtTitle.Text)
dtblProducts.Rows[i]["Title"] = txtTitle.Text;
if (dtblProducts.Rows[i]["Director"] != txtDirector.Text)
dtblProducts.Rows[i]["Director"] = txtDirector.Text;
}
dad.UpdateBatchSize = 0;
int numUpdated = dad.Update(dtblProducts);
lblResults.Text = String.Format("Updated {0} rows", numUpdated);
}
</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
<title>Show DataAdapter Update</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:Repeater
id="rptProducts"
EnableViewState="false"
Runat="server">
<HeaderTemplate>
<table>
<tr>
<td>Title</td><td>Director</td>
</tr>
</HeaderTemplate>
<ItemTemplate>
<tr>
<td>
<asp:TextBox
id="txtTitle"
Text="<%#Eval("Title")%>"
Runat="server" />
</td>
<td>
<asp:TextBox
id="txtDirector"
Text="<%#Eval("Director")%>"
Runat="server" />
</td>
</tr>
</ItemTemplate>
<FooterTemplate>
</table>
</FooterTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>
<br />
<asp:LinkButton
id="lnkUpdate"
Text="Update Products"
Runat="server" OnClick="lnkUpdate_Click" />
<br /><br />
<asp:Label
id="lblResults"
EnableViewState="false"
Runat="server" />
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
File: Web.config
<configuration>
<connectionStrings>
<add name="Products"
connectionString="Data Source=.\SQLEXPRESS;
AttachDbFilename=|DataDirectory|MyDatabase.mdf;Integrated Security=True;User Instance=True" />
</connectionStrings>
</configuration>