I often need to grab the id of the record I just inserted into a database as an output parameter. This is relatively straightforward using a SqlDataConnection but I never knew how to do it using a SqlDataSource. The following code example demonstrates how to use the SqlDataSourceStatusEventArgs class to examine the return value and values of output parameters that are returned when using a SqlDataSource control with a stored procedure to populate a GridView control. The stored procedure selects data that is displayed in the GridView, but also passes other information back to the caller, such as an integer output parameter and a return value. The parameters that the SqlDataSource uses for the stored procedure are contained by the SelectParameters collection, and consist of parameters that pass information from the Web form to the stored procedure as well as parameters that pass information back to the form. The Direction property of these parameters is set to Output and ReturnValue.
For more information see http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.ui.webcontrols.sqldatasourcestatuseventargs.aspx
<%@Page Language="C#" %>
<%@Import Namespace="System.Data" %>
<%@Import Namespace="System.Data.Common" %>
<%@Import Namespace="System.Data.SqlClient" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">
// Clicking the Submit button explicitly refreshes the data
// by calling the Select() method.
private void Submit(Object source, EventArgs e) {
SqlDataSource1.Select(DataSourceSelectArguments.Empty);
}
// This event handler is called after the Select() method is executed.
private void OnSelectedHandler(Object source, SqlDataSourceStatusEventArgs e) {
IDbCommand cmd = e.Command;
Label1.Text = "Parameter return values: ";
foreach (SqlParameter param in cmd.Parameters) {
// Extract the value of the parameter.
Label1.Text += param.ParameterName + " - " + param.Value.ToString();
}
}
</script>
<html >
<head runat="server">
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<asp:sqldatasource
id="SqlDataSource1"
runat="server"
datasourcemode="DataSet"
connectionstring="<%$ ConnectionStrings:MyNorthwind%>"
selectcommand="getordertotal"
onselected="OnSelectedHandler">
<selectparameters>
<asp:querystringparameter name="empId" querystringfield="empId" />
<asp:parameter name="total" type="Int32" direction="Output" defaultvalue="0" />
<asp:parameter name="_ret" type="Int32" direction="ReturnValue" defaultvalue="0" />
</selectparameters>
</asp:sqldatasource>
<!--
CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.getordertotal
@empId int,
@total int OUTPUT
as
set nocount on
select @total = count(1) from orders where employeeid=@empid;
select * from orders where employeeID = @empId ;
return (-1000);
GO
-->
<asp:gridview
id="GridView1"
runat="server"
allowpaging="True"
pagesize="5"
datasourceid="SqlDataSource1" />
<asp:button
id="Button1"
runat="server"
onclick="Submit"
text="Refresh Data" />
<asp:label id="Label1" runat="server" />
</form>
</body>
</html>