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How do I refresh a dropdownlist after inserting data into a database
A have a tab panel in asp.net (w/vb.net backend) that has a dropdownlist of employer names and disabled text boxes with employer information (address, etc.) beneath it. This is bound to an SQL Server 2005 Express table "Employer". There is also a button labeled "New Employer".
If the user checks the dropdownlist and their employer is not listed:
1. The user clicks the "New Employer" button and a modal dialog appears.
2. The user enters the information (employer name and address information) and clicks "Submit".
3. The information is written to the database and the dialog is closed.
4. The dropdownlist is updated and the dropdownlist has the new item included in the list.
I am using a third party control (WestWind wwModalDialog) and callback. The problem is that while the
data is being written to the database and I am calling DataBind() after, the dropdownlist is not updated. I added breaks and traced the data and found that my call to rebind the dropdownlist does include the new data, but the original data is still loaded in.
If I add a button called "Refresh" that clears/binds the dropdwon, clicking that updates the dropdownlist correctly. I am thinking that since it is in an updatepanel, that may be stopping it from updating, but I don't see how that would affect it since the "Refresh" button does it. Is there a way to perhaps add the button and have it called after the database update is complete? I do not need to use the wwModalDialog control; I can use a modal webpage as well.
The code is what I believe are the relevant pieces. Thank you.
If the user checks the dropdownlist and their employer is not listed:
1. The user clicks the "New Employer" button and a modal dialog appears.
2. The user enters the information (employer name and address information) and clicks "Submit".
3. The information is written to the database and the dialog is closed.
4. The dropdownlist is updated and the dropdownlist has the new item included in the list.
I am using a third party control (WestWind wwModalDialog) and callback. The problem is that while the
data is being written to the database and I am calling DataBind() after, the dropdownlist is not updated. I added breaks and traced the data and found that my call to rebind the dropdownlist does include the new data, but the original data is still loaded in.
If I add a button called "Refresh" that clears/binds the dropdwon, clicking that updates the dropdownlist correctly. I am thinking that since it is in an updatepanel, that may be stopping it from updating, but I don't see how that would affect it since the "Refresh" button does it. Is there a way to perhaps add the button and have it called after the database update is complete? I do not need to use the wwModalDialog control; I can use a modal webpage as well.
The code is what I believe are the relevant pieces. Thank you.
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<script>
function OnMessageBox2Click(arg, context)
{
if (arg == 1)
{
var Name = document.getElementById("<%=txtNewEmpName.ClientID%>").value;
var Addr = document.getElementById("<%=txtNewEmpAddress.ClientID%>").value
var City = document.getElementById("<%=txtNewEmpCity.ClientID%>").value
var Zip = document.getElementById("<%=txtNewEmpPostalCode.ClientID%>").value
var x = document.getElementById("<%=ddlNewEmpState.ClientID%>")
var State = x.options[x.selectedIndex].value;
Proxy.ReturnNewEmployer(Name,Addr,City,State,Zip,ReturnNewEmployer_Callback,OnPageError);
}
else
{
//alert ("ok");
}
}
function ReturnNewEmployer_Callback(Result)
{
alert(Result);
}
function OnPageError(Result)
{
alert("*** OnPageError captured a CallbackMethod error:\r\n\r\n" + Result.message);
}
</script>
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<ajaxToolkit:TabPanel runat="server" ID="tabpnlEmployer" Enabled="true" HeaderText="Employer"
Width="806px">
<ContentTemplate>
<asp:UpdatePanel ID="upPnlEmployer" runat="server" UpdateMode="Conditional">
<ContentTemplate>
<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: #ffffff;">
<tr style="background-color: Blue; width: 100%">
<td align="center" colspan="3">
<font style="color: White"><b>Employment Information</b></font>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="middle">
Employer:
</td>
<td valign="top">
<asp:TextBox ID="txtCompanyID" runat="server" Style="visibility: hidden; display: none;" />
<asp:TextBox ID="txtEmpNameNew" runat="server" Style="visibility: hidden; display: none;" />
<asp:TextBox ID="txtEmpAddressNew" runat="server" Style="visibility: hidden; display: none;" />
<asp:TextBox ID="txtEmpCityNew" runat="server" Style="visibility: hidden; display: none;" />
<asp:TextBox ID="txtEmpStateNew" runat="server" Style="visibility: hidden; display: none;" />
<asp:TextBox ID="txtEmpZipNew" runat="server" Style="visibility: hidden; display: none;" />
<asp:DropDownList ID="ddlEmployer" runat="server" DataSourceID="dsEmployer" DataTextField="Name"
DataValueField="ID" AutoPostBack="True" AppendDataBoundItems="True" />
<asp:SqlDataSource ID="dsEmployer" runat="server" ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:ConnStr %>"
SelectCommand="SELECT ID, Name FROM Employer WHERE (CompanyID = @CompanyID) or (@userType = 1 or @userType2 = 2 ) union select 0 as ID, '' as Name ORDER BY Name"
InsertCommand="INSERT INTO [Employer] ([CompanyID], [Name], [Address], [City], [State],[Zip]) VALUES (@CompanyID, @Name, @Address, @City, @State, @Zip)">
<SelectParameters>
<asp:SessionParameter Name="CompanyID" SessionField="CompanyID" Type="Int32" />
<asp:SessionParameter Name="userType" SessionField="UserType" />
<asp:SessionParameter Name="userType2" SessionField="UserType" />
</SelectParameters>
<InsertParameters>
<asp:SessionParameter Name="CompanyID" SessionField="txtCompanyID" Type="Int32" />
<asp:SessionParameter Name="Name" SessionField="txtEmpNameNew" Type="String" />
<asp:SessionParameter Name="Address" SessionField="txtEmpAddressNew" Type="String" />
<asp:SessionParameter Name="City" SessionField="txtEmpCityNew" Type="String" />
<asp:SessionParameter Name="State" SessionField="txtEmpStateNew" Type="String" />
<asp:SessionParameter Name="Zip" SessionField="txtEmpZipNew" Type="String" />
</InsertParameters>
</asp:SqlDataSource>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" style="height: 75px" valign="top">
Emp. Address:
</td>
<td valign="top">
<asp:TextBox ID="txtEmpAddress" runat="server" Columns="33" CssClass="tupper" MaxLength="2000"
Rows="4" TextMode="MultiLine" Width="188px" Enabled="false"></asp:TextBox>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="middle">
Emp. City:
</td>
<td valign="top">
<asp:TextBox ID="txtEmpCity" runat="server" Columns="40" CssClass="tupper" MaxLength="50"
Width="188px" Enabled="false"></asp:TextBox>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="middle">
Emp. State:
</td>
<td valign="top">
<asp:DropDownList ID="ddlEmpState" runat="server" DataSourceID="dsEmpState" DataTextField="Name"
DataValueField="Abbreviation" Enabled="false">
</asp:DropDownList>
<asp:SqlDataSource ID="dsEmpState" runat="server" ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:ConnStr %>"
SelectCommand="SELECT [Abbreviation], [Name] FROM [State] ORDER BY [Name]"></asp:SqlDataSource>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="middle">
Emp. Postal Code:
</td>
<td valign="top">
<asp:TextBox ID="txtEmpPostalCode" runat="server" Columns="10" CssClass="tupper"
MaxLength="10" Enabled="false"></asp:TextBox>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="middle">
DOT#:
</td>
<td valign="top">
<asp:TextBox ID="txtDOT" runat="server" Columns="45" CssClass="tupper" Rows="5" Width="188px" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" style="height: 75px" valign="top">
Job Function:
</td>
<td valign="top">
<asp:TextBox ID="txtJobFunction" runat="server" Columns="45" CssClass="tupper" Rows="5"
TextMode="MultiLine" Width="188px"></asp:TextBox>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
</td>
<td>
<input type="button" id="btnNewEmployer" name="btnNewEmployer" value="New Employer"
onclick="MessageBox2.showDialog();" />
<ww:wwModalDialog ID="MessageBox2" runat="server" ContentId="MessageBox2Content"
HeaderId="MessageBox2Content" OverlayId="overlay" BackgroundOpacity=".70" OkButtonId="MessageBox2Ok"
CancelButtonId="MessageBox2Cancel" OnClientDialogClick="OnMessageBox2Click" FadeinBackground="true"
DragHandleID="MessageBox2Header" Draggable="true" Closable="true" ShadowOffset="6"
ShadowOpacity=".60" Style="background: white; display: none;" CssClass="blackborder"
Width="400px">
<div id='MessageBox2Header' class='gridheader' style="padding: 2px;">
New Employer</div>
<div style='padding: 10px;'>
<div id='MessageBox2Content'>
<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: #ffffff;">
<tr>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="middle">
Employer:
</td>
<td valign="top">
<asp:TextBox ID="txtNewEmpName" Name="txtNewEmpName" runat="server" Columns="45"
CssClass="tupper" Rows="5" Width="188px" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="middle">
Emp. Address:
</td>
<td valign="top">
<asp:TextBox ID="txtNewEmpAddress" Name="txtNewEmpAddress" runat="server" Columns="33"
CssClass="tupper" MaxLength="2000" Rows="4" TextMode="MultiLine" Width="188px" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="middle">
Emp. City:
</td>
<td valign="top">
<asp:TextBox ID="txtNewEmpCity" Name="txtNewEmpCity" runat="server" Columns="40"
CssClass="tupper" MaxLength="50" Width="188px" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="middle">
Emp. State:
</td>
<td valign="top">
<asp:DropDownList ID="ddlNewEmpState" Name="ddlNewEmpState" runat="server" DataSourceID="dsNewEmpState"
DataTextField="Name" DataValueField="Abbreviation" />
<asp:SqlDataSource ID="dsNewEmpState" runat="server" ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:ConnStr %>"
SelectCommand="SELECT [Abbreviation], [Name] FROM [State] ORDER BY [Name]" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="middle">
Emp. Postal Code:
</td>
<td valign="top">
<asp:TextBox ID="txtNewEmpPostalCode" Name="txtNewEmpPostalCode" runat="server" Columns="10"
CssClass="tupper" MaxLength="10" />
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<hr />
<input id='MessageBox2Ok' type='button' value='Save Employer' />
<input id='MessageBox2Cancel' type='button' value='Cancel' />
</div>
</ww:wwModalDialog>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td> </tr>
<tr>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</ContentTemplate>
<Triggers>
<asp:AsyncPostBackTrigger ControlID="ddlEmployer" EventName="SelectedIndexChanged" />
</Triggers>
</asp:UpdatePanel>
</ContentTemplate>
</ajaxToolkit:TabPanel>
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<CallbackMethod()> _
Public Function ReturnNewEmployer(ByVal Name As String, ByVal Addr As String, ByVal City As String, ByVal State As String, ByVal Zip As String) As String
Dim conn As SqlConnection = New SqlConnection(ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("connStr").ToString)
Dim cmd As New SqlClient.SqlCommand()
Dim dr As SqlClient.SqlDataReader
Dim strMsg As String = ""
Try
txtCompanyID.Text = Session("CompanyID")
txtEmpNameNew.Text = Trim(Name)
txtEmpAddressNew.Text = Trim(Addr)
txtEmpCityNew.Text = Trim(City)
txtEmpStateNew.Text = Trim(State)
txtEmpZipNew.Text = Trim(Zip)
dsEmployer.InsertParameters(0).DefaultValue = txtCompanyID.Text
dsEmployer.InsertParameters(1).DefaultValue = txtEmpNameNew.Text
dsEmployer.InsertParameters(2).DefaultValue = txtEmpAddressNew.Text
dsEmployer.InsertParameters(3).DefaultValue = txtEmpCityNew.Text
dsEmployer.InsertParameters(4).DefaultValue = txtEmpStateNew.Text
dsEmployer.InsertParameters(5).DefaultValue = txtEmpZipNew.Text
dsEmployer.Insert()
ddlEmployer.Items.Clear()
ddlEmployer.SelectedValue = Nothing
ddlEmployer.DataBind()
strMsg = "Employer added to table."
Catch ex As Exception
strMsg = ex.Message.ToString
Finally
ReturnNewEmployer = strMsg
End Try
End Function
ASKER
I called DataBind() in dsEmployer_Inserted (dsEmployer being the SQLDataSource) and seeing the new entry was included in the bind, it was not listed in the dropdownlist.
ASKER
I did some mucking around in the code. I removed all the controls except the dropdownlist and the button to bring up the modal dialog and the UpdatePanel from the Employer tab and the same problem occurred. I then removed the tabs so everything displayed on one page and it still happens.
I then modified the SelectedIndexChanged event so it would clear the dropdownlist and rebind. That worked properly. Prehaps what I need to do is determine when the database insert is complete and call a sub to rebind.
I then modified the SelectedIndexChanged event so it would clear the dropdownlist and rebind. That worked properly. Prehaps what I need to do is determine when the database insert is complete and call a sub to rebind.
Your SqlDatasource fires dsEmployer_Inserted() when the insert is complete.
If you can see (when debugging) that the new data is in your datasource, you can bind it to your dropdownlist.
Is there any function that redraws the dropdownlist (ie. ddlEmployer.Update() ) after the binding, as you're using AJAX ... ?
If you can see (when debugging) that the new data is in your datasource, you can bind it to your dropdownlist.
Is there any function that redraws the dropdownlist (ie. ddlEmployer.Update() ) after the binding, as you're using AJAX ... ?
ASKER
The dropdownlist is not redrawn after binding. A Page_Load is called when the dialog is closed, and this is called before the Inserted() call.
It seems like while the data to the database by the server, to the client, no events occurred.
It seems like while the data to the database by the server, to the client, no events occurred.
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This MSDN sample shows how:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.ui.webcontrols.sqldatasource.inserted.aspx
HTH,
Karl