I have a form in my windows application that contains a textbox and a datagridview. As the user types in the textbox, the results needs to be filtered in the datagridview. To do this:
1) Which event in the textbox do I need to tap
2) Is it best to connect to the database for every key press or is it better to filter the results in the front end, by using a dataview
3) Would a rowfilter be the best option to filter the results or is Find better?
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Thans for your response. One more clarification. Sorry I should have mentioned in my initial post.:
1) I cant use Text changed event because, the textbox gets populated when the user clicks on a cell in the datagridview or if the user selects a cell by pressing up down arrows in the datagridview. I may need to use like KeyDown or KepPress events?
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by: sammy1971Posted on 2009-10-14 at 12:22:03ID: 25574097
1- Use Text Changed event of the textbox
2-Connect to the DB Once, "always avoid unnecessary server trips"
3-RowFilter is good for small data otherwise you will see performance issues, RowFilter gives you better performance
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