SqlDataSource: how to access internal data via code

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Guys- I hope this is a quck question but I've been playing with this for
several hours and getting no love. Thanks!!!

Assume I have a SqlDataSource after databind -- that is populated with data.
Is there any accessor to the internal state?

I presume that the state is in a DataSet or some other internal structure
and that probably this is encapsulated to facilitate archtectual changes.
But I need to access the data, change it a bit, and use it to populate a
couple of other SQLDataStores?

Any ideas?

Thanks

-glenn
 
On Thu, 16 Feb 2006 06:10:27 -0800, Glenn Maples <Glenn
Guys- I hope this is a quck question but I've been playing with this for
several hours and getting no love. Thanks!!!

Assume I have a SqlDataSource after databind -- that is populated with data.
Is there any accessor to the internal state?

I presume that the state is in a DataSet or some other internal structure
and that probably this is encapsulated to facilitate archtectual changes.
But I need to access the data, change it a bit, and use it to populate a
couple of other SQLDataStores?

Any ideas?

Thanks

-glenn
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When you created your DataSource the wizard will have created a Strong
Typed DataSet for you. You can use the objects in that DataSet to
access the data.

Otis Mukinfus
http://www.otismukinfus.com
http://www.tomchilders.com
 
Otis,

Thanks for the help, but I think the problem is my understanding fof the
datasource control.

I was thinking that the datasource acted as both a "connection" and as a
"store" of data. I am pretty sure that this is not the case--that the
datasource serves purely for a connection/transfer mechanism and that the
data has to go into another container (dataset, gridview, something) in
order to be accessed.

My question was about accessing the store INSIDE the SqlDataSource--I think
that the correct answer is "Dummy, the DataSource does not store data
internally"
..
Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Thanks again,

-glenn
 
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