Winforms Databinding
Snippets below have been condensed from their original sources for brevity. See references for original articles.
Dataset usage:
using System; using System.Data; using System.Data.SqlClient; namespace Microsoft.AdoNet.DataSetDemo { class NorthwindDataSet { static void Main() { string connectionString = GetConnectionString(); ConnectToData(connectionString); } private static void ConnectToData(string connectionString) { //Create a SqlConnection to the Northwind database. using (SqlConnection connection = new SqlConnection(connectionString)) { //Create a SqlDataAdapter for the Suppliers table. SqlDataAdapter adapter = new SqlDataAdapter(); // A table mapping names the DataTable. adapter.TableMappings.Add("Table", "Suppliers"); // Open the connection. connection.Open(); Console.WriteLine("The SqlConnection is open."); // Create a SqlCommand to retrieve Suppliers data. SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand( "SELECT SupplierID, CompanyName FROM dbo.Suppliers;", connection); command.CommandType = CommandType.Text; // Set the SqlDataAdapter's SelectCommand. adapter.SelectCommand = command; // Fill the DataSet. DataSet dataSet = new DataSet("Suppliers"); adapter.Fill(dataSet); // Create a second Adapter and Command to get // the Products table, a child table of Suppliers. SqlDataAdapter productsAdapter = new SqlDataAdapter(); productsAdapter.TableMappings.Add("Table", "Products"); SqlCommand productsCommand = new SqlCommand( "SELECT ProductID, SupplierID FROM dbo.Products;", connection); productsAdapter.SelectCommand = productsCommand; // Fill the DataSet. productsAdapter.Fill(dataSet); // Close the connection. connection.Close(); Console.WriteLine("The SqlConnection is closed."); // Create a DataRelation to link the two tables // based on the SupplierID. DataColumn parentColumn = dataSet.Tables["Suppliers"].Columns["SupplierID"]; DataColumn childColumn = dataSet.Tables["Products"].Columns["SupplierID"]; DataRelation relation = new System.Data.DataRelation("SuppliersProducts", parentColumn, childColumn); dataSet.Relations.Add(relation); Console.WriteLine( "The {0} DataRelation has been created.", relation.RelationName); } } static private string GetConnectionString() { // To avoid storing the connection string in your code, // you can retrieve it from a configuration file. return "Data Source=(local);Initial Catalog=Northwind;" + "Integrated Security=SSPI"; } } }
Binding DataGridView:
private void GetData(string selectCommand) { try { // Specify a connection string. Replace the given value with a // valid connection string for a Northwind SQL Server sample // database accessible to your system. String connectionString = "Integrated Security=SSPI;Persist Security Info=False;" + "Initial Catalog=Northwind;Data Source=localhost"; // Create a new data adapter based on the specified query. dataAdapter = new SqlDataAdapter(selectCommand, connectionString); // Create a command builder to generate SQL update, insert, and // delete commands based on selectCommand. These are used to // update the database. SqlCommandBuilder commandBuilder = new SqlCommandBuilder(dataAdapter); // Populate a new data table and bind it to the BindingSource. DataTable table = new DataTable(); table.Locale = System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture; dataAdapter.Fill(table); bindingSource1.DataSource = table; // Resize the DataGridView columns to fit the newly loaded content. dataGridView1.AutoResizeColumns( DataGridViewAutoSizeColumnsMode.AllCellsExceptHeader); } catch (SqlException) { MessageBox.Show("To run this example, replace the value of the " + "connectionString variable with a connection string that is " + "valid for your system."); } }
References:
MSDN, “DataSet Class”, http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.data.dataset.aspx
MSDN, “How to: Bind Data to the Windows Forms DataGridView Control”, http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/fbk67b6z.aspx
Posted on February 1, 2011, in Programming & Development and tagged access, data access, data bind, databind, datagridview, grid, gridview, win form, win forms, winform, winforms. Bookmark the permalink. 1 Comment.
Thanks for sharing. You can read more about data binding here. A lot of good information is available here