I am bring data in from a MS Access file with the following code. The connection seemed to work fine but it was not able to populate the WebGrid since its constructor need something other than a DataSet. Does anybody know a way around it?
@usingSystem.Configuration;@usingSystem.Data;@usingSystem.Data.OleDb;@{
stringConnStr=@"Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Data Source=C:\Users\thchen\Projects\WeeklyReport\Demo.accdb;Persist Security Info=False;";stringMySQL="SELECT * FROM DETAIL";OleDbConnectionmyConnection=newOleDbConnection(ConnStr);OleDbCommandmyCommand=newOleDbCommand(MySQL,myConnection);DataSetdataset=newDataSet();// Open connection myConnection.Open();// Fill DataSet OleDbDataAdapteroda=newOleDbDataAdapter(myCommand);oda.Fill(dataset);vargrid=newWebGrid(dataset);// Close connection myConnection.Close();}<!DOCTYPEhtml><htmllang="en"><head><metacharset="utf-8"/><title>Weekly Status Report</title><styletype="text/css">.grid{margin: 4px; border-collapse: collapse; width: 600px; }.gridth, .gridtd{border: 1pxsolid#C0C0C0; padding: 5px; }.head{background-color: #E8E8E8; font-weight: bold; color: #FFF; }.alt{background-color: #E8E8E8; color: #000; }</style></head><body><h1>Weekly Status Report</h1><div>@grid.GetHtml(tableStyle:"grid",headerStyle:"head",alternatingRowStyle:"alt",columns:grid.Columns(grid.Column("Project"),grid.Column("Status"),grid.Column("Title"),grid.Column("Contact"),grid.Column("FM"),grid.Column("Created"),grid.Column("LastUpdate"),grid.Column("Update")))</div></body></html>
CS1502: The best overloaded method match for 'System.Web.Helpers.WebGrid.WebGrid(System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<dynamic>, System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<string>, string, int, bool, bool, string, string, string, string, string, string, string)'
has some invalid arguments
I looked up the constructor for WebGrid Class on MSDN and it says to use IEnumerable<Object> for the Source of WebGrid
So it seemed that I am passing something to WebGrid and it does not like. How do I get around that and convert it to something that WebGrid would accept?
dataset.Tables[0].AsEnumerable()get me past the previoius error message. However, I now have a different error. When I run my code, this is what I get:
Server Error in '/' Application.
Column "Status" does not exist.
Description:
An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.
Exception Details: System.InvalidOperationException: Column "Status" does not exist.
I double check my MS Access database and the column name is spelled correctly. And if I comment out my code like this:
it would then tell me that Column "Status" does not exist. And if I comment out the line with "Status", it would then
tell me that Column "Title" does not exist. Any idea? Thanks in advance.
Well……If you are using AsEnumerable() this will return an array of DataRow collection, which doesn't include columns, and columns just belong to DataTable itself.
So you should use LINQ to analyze that and do binding:
var products= from p in table.AsEnumerable()
select new
{
Project = p["ColumnName"].ToString(),
……………………
};
//Please bind "products" to webGrid
I am unfamiliar with LINQ; however, my preliminary researches suggest that it is the way to go. So let me catch up with my readings on the subject and mark the case resolved for now. Thank you for pointing the way. I really appreciate your help.
If your problem is solved, I'll mark this as an answer and close the issue. And if you have anything else urgent, please create a new thread to continue your discussion.
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OLEDB Provider and WebGrid
Nov 30, 2012 06:04 PM|thchen|LINK
I am bring data in from a MS Access file with the following code. The connection seemed to work fine but it was not able to populate the WebGrid since its constructor need something other than a DataSet. Does anybody know a way around it?All-Star
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Re: OLEDB Provider and WebGrid
Dec 01, 2012 04:08 AM|Decker Dong - MSFT|LINK
Hi,
You cannot use dataset because dataset is a collection of datatables, so you have to use dataset.Tables[0]
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Re: OLEDB Provider and WebGrid
Dec 03, 2012 10:26 AM|thchen|LINK
Decker Dong. Thanks for your reply.
I tried that and now I am getting this error:
CS1502: The best overloaded method match for 'System.Web.Helpers.WebGrid.WebGrid(System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<dynamic>, System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<string>, string, int, bool, bool, string, string, string, string, string, string, string)' has some invalid arguments
I looked up the constructor for WebGrid Class on MSDN and it says to use IEnumerable<Object> for the Source of WebGrid
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.helpers.webgrid.webgrid(v=vs.111).aspx
So it seemed that I am passing something to WebGrid and it does not like. How do I get around that and convert it to something that WebGrid would accept?
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Re: OLEDB Provider and WebGrid
Dec 03, 2012 08:27 PM|Decker Dong - MSFT|LINK
Hi again,
Any class type must be the son of object, please use AsEnumerable to do conversion:
dataset.Tables[0].AsEnumerable()
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Re: OLEDB Provider and WebGrid
Dec 04, 2012 10:23 AM|thchen|LINK
Hi,
dataset.Tables[0].AsEnumerable() get me past the previoius error message. However, I now have a different error. When I run my code, this is what I get:
Server Error in '/' Application.
Column "Status" does not exist.
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.
Exception Details: System.InvalidOperationException: Column "Status" does not exist.
I double check my MS Access database and the column name is spelled correctly. And if I comment out my code like this:
it would then tell me that Column "Status" does not exist. And if I comment out the line with "Status", it would then tell me that Column "Title" does not exist. Any idea? Thanks in advance.
All-Star
94120 Points
18112 Posts
Re: OLEDB Provider and WebGrid
Dec 04, 2012 08:40 PM|Decker Dong - MSFT|LINK
Well……If you are using AsEnumerable() this will return an array of DataRow collection, which doesn't include columns, and columns just belong to DataTable itself.
So you should use LINQ to analyze that and do binding:
var products= from p in table.AsEnumerable() select new { Project = p["ColumnName"].ToString(), …………………… }; //Please bind "products" to webGridNone
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Re: OLEDB Provider and WebGrid
Dec 05, 2012 06:32 PM|thchen|LINK
I am unfamiliar with LINQ; however, my preliminary researches suggest that it is the way to go. So let me catch up with my readings on the subject and mark the case resolved for now. Thank you for pointing the way. I really appreciate your help.
All-Star
94120 Points
18112 Posts
Re: OLEDB Provider and WebGrid
Dec 05, 2012 08:38 PM|Decker Dong - MSFT|LINK
Hello
again,If your problem is solved, I'll mark this as an answer and close the issue. And if you have anything else urgent, please create a new thread to continue your discussion.