无法以声明方式设置“DataSource”属性

Question

I'm having a bit of difficulty trying to find a more clear solution than what Google has yielded for this problem. I have the following code that is throwing this error but the solutions I've found say, "Have you tried the DataSourceID instead of DataSource?" with no indication as to what should be used for the DataSourceID value.

...leading code left out for brevity's sake
<Columns>
      <asp:BoundColumn DataField="id" SortExpression="id" HeaderText="ID" ItemStyle-CssClass="dgCells"></asp:BoundColumn>
      <asp:BoundColumn DataField="first_name" SortExpression="first_name" HeaderText="First" ItemStyle-CssClass="dgCells"></asp:BoundColumn>
      <asp:BoundColumn DataField="last_name" SortExpression="last_name" HeaderText="Last" ItemStyle-CssClass="dgCells"></asp:BoundColumn>
      <asp:BoundColumn DataField="login_pw" HeaderText="Password" ItemStyle-CssClass="dgCells"></asp:BoundColumn>
      <asp:TemplateColumn HeaderText="Race">
        <ItemTemplate>
          <%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "race_name") %>
        </ItemTemplate>
        <EditItemTemplate>
          <asp:DropDownList runat="server" id="ddlRaces" DataValueField="race_id" DataTextField="race_name" >>>DataSourceID=""<<< />
        </EditItemTemplate>
      </asp:TemplateColumn>
      <asp:EditCommandColumn EditText="Edit" CancelText="Cancel" UpdateText="Ok"></asp:EditCommandColumn>
    </Columns>
...trailing code left out for brevity's sake

So, I come to you all to ask what I should be inserting into the DataSourceID="" value. Please be verbose as I am still getting my feet wet with some of this stuff.

Thanks. :)

Answer 1

DataSourceID would be the id of a datasource element on your page like ObjectDataSource or SqlDataSource .

The DataSource property is used when binding to a collection of objects from codebehind.

Answer 2

The DataSourceID should be set to the ID of a control on your page that inherits from DatasourceControl such as SqlDatasource if you want to populate the grid from an SQL database

To bind the DropDown in a GridView

protected void GV_RowDataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e)
{
  if(e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow)
  {  
    var ddl = (DropDownList)item.FindControl("ddlRaces");
    ddl.Datasource = GetRaces();
    ddl.DataBind();
  }
}

Answer 3

For quick and dirty applications you could use da DataSourceControl directly on your aspx page. Then you can set the DataSourceId Property of your data bound control to this control. For larger applications it is not advisable to use this technique, because you have no separation between your user interface and your business or data access code.

<asp:SqlDataSource
    id="SqlDataSource1"
    runat="server"
    DataSourceMode="DataReader"
    ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:MyNorthwind%>"
    SelectCommand="SELECT FirstName, LastName, Title FROM Employees">
</asp:SqlDataSource>

<asp:GridView
    id="GridView1"
    runat="server"
    DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1">
</asp:GridView>

A better way would be to use an object data source where you can access any .net class in your libraries.

<asp:ObjectDatasource
    id="ObjectDataSource1"
    runat="server"
    selectmethod="GetAllEmployees"
    typename="Samples.AspNet.EmployeeLogic" />

And the third option is to use the DataSource property which is mainly set in the Page_Load event of the code behind class.