Overview of ObjectDataSource and Parameter Selection

Question

I have a TemplateField in my GridView control:

<asp:TemplateField ItemStyle-Width="150px">
   <ItemTemplate>
      <asp:DropDownList ID="ddlFields" runat="server" DataSourceID="odsOperator" DataTextField="Text" DataValueField="Value" />
      <asp:HiddenField ID="hfFieldType" runat="server" Value='<%# Eval("FieldType")%>' />
   </ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>

I have a drop-down list that I want to populate from an ObjectDataSource, but for each row I want to pass a Select parameter so that it fills in the correct values

<asp:ObjectDataSource ID="odsOperator" runat="server" TypeName="OperatorFieldsDAO"
   SelectMethod="FindByType">      
   <SelectParameters>
      <asp:ControlParameter ControlID="hfFieldType" Type="String" Name="Type" PropertyName="Value" />
   </SelectParameters>
</asp:ObjectDataSource>

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my class is OperatorFieldsDAO:

public class OperatorFieldsDAO
{
    private List<OperatorField> OperatorFields
    {
        get
        {
            List<OperatorField> operatorFields = HttpContext.Current.Session["OperatorFields"] as List<OperatorField>;
            if (operatorFields == null)
            {
                operatorFields = new List<OperatorField>();
                operatorFields.Add(new OperatorField("string", "contains", "C"));
                operatorFields.Add(new OperatorField("string", "begins with", "BW"));
                operatorFields.Add(new OperatorField("string", "is equal to", "E"));
                operatorFields.Add(new OperatorField("string", "is not equal to", "NE"));
                operatorFields.Add(new OperatorField("string", "is less than", "L"));
                operatorFields.Add(new OperatorField("string", "is greater than", "G"));
                operatorFields.Add(new OperatorField("string", "is less than or equal to", "LE"));
                operatorFields.Add(new OperatorField("string", "is greater than or equal to", "GE"));
                operatorFields.Add(new OperatorField("string", "is from", "F"));
                operatorFields.Add(new OperatorField("string", "is between", "B"));
                operatorFields.Add(new OperatorField("string", "is nothing", "N"));
                operatorFields.Add(new OperatorField("string", "is something", "S"));

                operatorFields.Add(new OperatorField("number", "is the same as", "S"));
                operatorFields.Add(new OperatorField("number", "is not the same as", "S"));
                operatorFields.Add(new OperatorField("number", "is one of", "S"));
                operatorFields.Add(new OperatorField("number", "is not one of", "S"));
                operatorFields.Add(new OperatorField("number", "is nothing", "N"));
                operatorFields.Add(new OperatorField("number", "is something", "S"));
            }
            return operatorFields;
        }
    }
    public OperatorFieldsDAO() { }

    [DataObjectMethod(DataObjectMethodType.Select)]
    public IEnumerable<OperatorField> FindAll()
    {
        return this.OperatorFields;
    }

    [DataObjectMethod(DataObjectMethodType.Select)]
    public IEnumerable<OperatorField> FindByType(String type)
    {    
        List<OperatorField> r = new List<OperatorField>();

        foreach (OperatorField f in this.OperatorFields)
            if (f.Type == type)
                r.Add(f);

        return r;
    }
}

all this to tell you that I am getting an error:

Could not find hfFieldType in ControlParameter 'Type'.

What am I doing wrong?

Do I need to programmatically pass this selected parameter using the OnRowDataBound method ?

Answer 1

, , ( GridView ObjectDataSource), Select Parameter ControlParameter .

, , ...

protected void gvSearch_RowDataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow)
    {
        DropDownList d = (DropDownList)e.Row.FindControl("ddlFields");
        string type = ((HiddenField)e.Row.FindControl("hfFieldType")).Value;

        _type = type;
        d.DataBind();
    }
}
protected void odsOperator_Selecting(object sender, ObjectDataSourceSelectingEventArgs e)
{
    e.InputParameters["Type"] = _type;
}

private string _type = "";

ObjectDataSource

<asp:ObjectDataSource ID="odsOperator" runat="server" TypeName="OperatorFieldsDAO"
   SelectMethod="FindByType" onselecting="odsOperator_Selecting">
   <SelectParameters>
      <asp:Parameter Type="String" Name="Type" />
   </SelectParameters>
</asp:ObjectDataSource>

, -...

Answer 2

:

<asp:HiddenField ID="hfFieldType" runat="server" .../>

TemplateField , . , hfFieldType , .

, , hfFieldType - .

ObjectDataSource , , Selecting.

Answer 3

ObjectDataSource cannot find the control that is used for input if it is not closed in the markup. The data source must be an INSIDE tag that contains the control used for input. This seems to be a problem.