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5 Responses to “SPDataSource Fields for Webs & ListsOfLists”

1. SPDataSource Mystery Modes: Webs & ListOfLists « Solutionizing .NET Says:
   September 9, 2008 at 1:24 am

   […] SPDataSource Fields for Webs & ListsOfLists […]

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2. Robin Says:
   January 26, 2009 at 4:43 am

   Keith,

   thanks for this one! Saved me some time :)

   Robin

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3. Dave Barrows Says:
   June 26, 2009 at 4:58 am

   Hi Keith,

   Is there a way to programmatically access the data of the SPDataSource without having to bind it to a web control? Most examples I’ve seen have people writing declarative or object model code that uses SPDataSource (naturally) as the data source to populate a drop-down list or some other GUI control. But I’d like to be able to query the data that’s returned, either by binding it to an array or some other non-GUI type-object, or without having to create some front-end object at all. Is that possible as far as you’re aware? (As a workaround I’m creating a drop-down list programmatically then doing a FindByText or FindByValue on that object, but… it’s a bit of a kludge). Any thoughts appreciated, thanks, -Dave

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   • Keith Dahlby Says:
     June 28, 2009 at 2:26 am

     SPDataSource.GetView() returns an SPDataSourceView from which you should be able to Select() the data. This SO question has some code that looks like it should work, noting the dependency on SPContext.

     Hope this helps ~
     Keith

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4. Dave Barrows Says:
   June 29, 2009 at 3:48 am

   thanks very much, cheers,
   Dave

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