AccessDataSource Web Server Control Declarative Syntax
Represents a data source control that works with Microsoft Access databases.
<asp:AccessDataSource
CacheDuration="string|Infinite"
CacheExpirationPolicy="Absolute|Sliding"
CacheKeyDependency="string"
CancelSelectOnNullParameter="True|False"
ConflictDetection="OverwriteChanges|CompareAllValues"
DataFile="uri"
DataSourceMode="DataReader|DataSet"
DeleteCommand="string"
DeleteCommandType="Text|StoredProcedure"
EnableCaching="True|False"
EnableTheming="True|False"
EnableViewState="True|False"
FilterExpression="string"
ID="string"
InsertCommand="string"
InsertCommandType="Text|StoredProcedure"
OldValuesParameterFormatString="string"
OnDataBinding="DataBinding event handler"
OnDeleted="Deleted event handler"
OnDeleting="Deleting event handler"
OnDisposed="Disposed event handler"
OnFiltering="Filtering event handler"
OnInit="Init event handler"
OnInserted="Inserted event handler"
OnInserting="Inserting event handler"
OnLoad="Load event handler"
OnPreRender="PreRender event handler"
OnSelected="Selected event handler"
OnSelecting="Selecting event handler"
OnUnload="Unload event handler"
OnUpdated="Updated event handler"
OnUpdating="Updating event handler"
runat="server"
SelectCommand="string"
SelectCommandType="Text|StoredProcedure"
SkinID="string"
SortParameterName="string"
UpdateCommand="string"
UpdateCommandType="Text|StoredProcedure"
Visible="True|False"
>
<DeleteParameters>
<asp:ControlParameter
ControlID="string"
ConvertEmptyStringToNull="True|False"
DefaultValue="string"
Direction="Input|Output|InputOutput|
ReturnValue"
Name="string"
PropertyName="string"
Size="integer"
Type="Empty|Object|DBNull|Boolean|Char|SByte|
Byte|Int16|UInt16|Int32|UInt32|Int64|UInt64|
Single|Double|Decimal|DateTime|String"
/>
<asp:CookieParameter
ConvertEmptyStringToNull="True|False"
CookieName="string"
DefaultValue="string"
Direction="Input|Output|InputOutput|
ReturnValue"
Name="string"
Size="integer"
Type="Empty|Object|DBNull|Boolean|Char|SByte|
Byte|Int16|UInt16|Int32|UInt32|Int64|UInt64|
Single|Double|Decimal|DateTime|String"
/>
<asp:FormParameter
ConvertEmptyStringToNull="True|False"
DefaultValue="string"
Direction="Input|Output|InputOutput|ReturnValue"
FormField="string"
Name="string"
Size="integer"
Type="Empty|Object|DBNull|Boolean|Char|SByte|
Byte|Int16|UInt16|Int32|UInt32|Int64|UInt64|
Single|Double|Decimal|DateTime|String"
/>
<asp:Parameter
ConvertEmptyStringToNull="True|False"
DefaultValue="string"
Direction="Input|Output|InputOutput|ReturnValue"
Name="string"
Size="integer"
Type="Empty|Object|DBNull|Boolean|Char|SByte|
Byte|Int16|UInt16|Int32|UInt32|Int64|UInt64
|Single|Double|Decimal|DateTime|String"
/>
<asp:ProfileParameter
ConvertEmptyStringToNull="True|False"
DefaultValue="string"
Direction="Input|Output|InputOutput|ReturnValue"
Name="string"
PropertyName="string"
Size="integer"
Type="Empty|Object|DBNull|Boolean|Char|SByte|
Byte|Int16|UInt16|Int32|UInt32|Int64|UInt64|
Single|Double|Decimal|DateTime|String"
/>
<asp:QueryStringParameter
ConvertEmptyStringToNull="True|False"
DefaultValue="string"
Direction="Input|Output|InputOutput|ReturnValue"
Name="string"
QueryStringField="string"
Size="integer"
Type="Empty|Object|DBNull|Boolean|Char|SByte|
Byte|Int16|UInt16|Int32|UInt32|Int64|UInt64|
Single|Double|Decimal|DateTime|String"
/>
<asp:SessionParameter
ConvertEmptyStringToNull="True|False"
DefaultValue="string"
Direction="Input|Output|InputOutput|ReturnValue"
Name="string"
SessionField="string"
Size="integer"
Type="Empty|Object|DBNull|Boolean|Char|SByte|
Byte|Int16|UInt16|Int32|UInt32|Int64|UInt64|
Single|Double|Decimal|DateTime|String"
/>
</DeleteParameters>
<FilterParameters>
<asp:ControlParameter
ControlID="string"
ConvertEmptyStringToNull="True|False"
DefaultValue="string"
Direction="Input|Output|InputOutput|ReturnValue"
Name="string"
PropertyName="string"
Size="integer"
Type="Empty|Object|DBNull|Boolean|Char|SByte|
Byte|Int16|UInt16|Int32|UInt32|Int64|UInt64|
Single|Double|Decimal|DateTime|String"
/>
<asp:CookieParameter
ConvertEmptyStringToNull="True|False"
CookieName="string"
DefaultValue="string"
Direction="Input|Output|InputOutput|ReturnValue"
Name="string"
Size="integer"
Type="Empty|Object|DBNull|Boolean|Char|SByte|
Byte|Int16|UInt16|Int32|UInt32|Int64|UInt64|
Single|Double|Decimal|DateTime|String"
/>
<asp:FormParameter
ConvertEmptyStringToNull="True|False"
DefaultValue="string"
Direction="Input|Output|InputOutput|ReturnValue"
FormField="string"
Name="string"
Size="integer"
Type="Empty|Object|DBNull|Boolean|Char|SByte|
Byte|Int16|UInt16|Int32|UInt32|Int64|UInt64|
Single|Double|Decimal|DateTime|String"
/>
<asp:Parameter
ConvertEmptyStringToNull="True|False"
DefaultValue="string"
Direction="Input|Output|InputOutput|ReturnValue"
Name="string"
Size="integer"
Type="Empty|Object|DBNull|Boolean|Char|SByte|
Byte|Int16|UInt16|Int32|UInt32|Int64|UInt64|
Single|Double|Decimal|DateTime|String"
/>
<asp:ProfileParameter
ConvertEmptyStringToNull="True|False"
DefaultValue="string"
Direction="Input|Output|InputOutput|ReturnValue"
Name="string"
PropertyName="string"
Size="integer"
Type="Empty|Object|DBNull|Boolean|Char|SByte|
Byte|Int16|UInt16|Int32|UInt32|Int64|UInt64|
Single|Double|Decimal|DateTime|String"
/>
<asp:QueryStringParameter
ConvertEmptyStringToNull="True|False"
DefaultValue="string"
Direction="Input|Output|InputOutput|ReturnValue"
Name="string"
QueryStringField="string"
Size="integer"
Type="Empty|Object|DBNull|Boolean|Char|SByte|
Byte|Int16|UInt16|Int32|UInt32|Int64|UInt64|
Single|Double|Decimal|DateTime|String"
/>
<asp:SessionParameter
ConvertEmptyStringToNull="True|False"
DefaultValue="string"
Direction="Input|Output|InputOutput|ReturnValue"
Name="string"
SessionField="string"
Size="integer"
Type="Empty|Object|DBNull|Boolean|Char|SByte|
Byte|Int16|UInt16|Int32|UInt32|Int64|UInt64|
Single|Double|Decimal|DateTime|String"
/>
</FilterParameters>
<InsertParameters>
<asp:ControlParameter
ControlID="string"
ConvertEmptyStringToNull="True|False"
DefaultValue="string"
Direction="Input|Output|InputOutput|ReturnValue"
Name="string"
PropertyName="string"
Size="integer"
Type="Empty|Object|DBNull|Boolean|Char|SByte|
Byte|Int16|UInt16|Int32|UInt32|Int64|UInt64|
Single|Double|Decimal|DateTime|String"
/>
<asp:CookieParameter
ConvertEmptyStringToNull="True|False"
CookieName="string"
DefaultValue="string"
Direction="Input|Output|InputOutput|ReturnValue"
Name="string"
Size="integer"
Type="Empty|Object|DBNull|Boolean|Char|SByte|
Byte|Int16|UInt16|Int32|UInt32|Int64|UInt64|
Single|Double|Decimal|DateTime|String"
/>
<asp:FormParameter
ConvertEmptyStringToNull="True|False"
DefaultValue="string"
Direction="Input|Output|InputOutput|ReturnValue"
FormField="string"
Name="string"
Size="integer"
Type="Empty|Object|DBNull|Boolean|Char|SByte|
Byte|Int16|UInt16|Int32|UInt32|Int64|UInt64|
Single|Double|Decimal|DateTime|String"
/>
<asp:Parameter
ConvertEmptyStringToNull="True|False"
DefaultValue="string"
Direction="Input|Output|InputOutput|ReturnValue"
Name="string"
Size="integer"
Type="Empty|Object|DBNull|Boolean|Char|SByte|
Byte|Int16|UInt16|Int32|UInt32|Int64|UInt64|
Single|Double|Decimal|DateTime|String"
/>
<asp:ProfileParameter
ConvertEmptyStringToNull="True|False"
DefaultValue="string"
Direction="Input|Output|InputOutput|ReturnValue"
Name="string"
PropertyName="string"
Size="integer"
Type="Empty|Object|DBNull|Boolean|Char|SByte|
Byte|Int16|UInt16|Int32|UInt32|Int64|UInt64|
Single|Double|Decimal|DateTime|String"
/>
<asp:QueryStringParameter
ConvertEmptyStringToNull="True|False"
DefaultValue="string"
Direction="Input|Output|InputOutput|ReturnValue"
Name="string"
QueryStringField="string"
Size="integer"
Type="Empty|Object|DBNull|Boolean|Char|SByte|
Byte|Int16|UInt16|Int32|UInt32|Int64|UInt64|
Single|Double|Decimal|DateTime|String"
/>
<asp:SessionParameter
ConvertEmptyStringToNull="True|False"
DefaultValue="string"
Direction="Input|Output|InputOutput|ReturnValue"
Name="string"
SessionField="string"
Size="integer"
Type="Empty|Object|DBNull|Boolean|Char|SByte|
Byte|Int16|UInt16|Int32|UInt32|Int64|UInt64|
Single|Double|Decimal|DateTime|String"
/>
</InsertParameters>
<SelectParameters>
<asp:ControlParameter
ControlID="string"
ConvertEmptyStringToNull="True|False"
DefaultValue="string"
Direction="Input|Output|InputOutput|ReturnValue"
Name="string"
PropertyName="string"
Size="integer"
Type="Empty|Object|DBNull|Boolean|Char|SByte|
Byte|Int16|UInt16|Int32|UInt32|Int64|UInt64|
Single|Double|Decimal|DateTime|String"
/>
<asp:CookieParameter
ConvertEmptyStringToNull="True|False"
CookieName="string"
DefaultValue="string"
Direction="Input|Output|InputOutput|ReturnValue"
Name="string"
Size="integer"
Type="Empty|Object|DBNull|Boolean|Char|SByte|
Byte|Int16|UInt16|Int32|UInt32|Int64|UInt64|
Single|Double|Decimal|DateTime|String"
/>
<asp:FormParameter
ConvertEmptyStringToNull="True|False"
DefaultValue="string"
Direction="Input|Output|InputOutput|ReturnValue"
FormField="string"
Name="string"
Size="integer"
Type="Empty|Object|DBNull|Boolean|Char|SByte|
Byte|Int16|UInt16|Int32|UInt32|Int64|UInt64|
Single|Double|Decimal|DateTime|String"
/>
<asp:Parameter
ConvertEmptyStringToNull="True|False"
DefaultValue="string"
Direction="Input|Output|InputOutput|ReturnValue"
Name="string"
Size="integer"
Type="Empty|Object|DBNull|Boolean|Char|SByte|
Byte|Int16|UInt16|Int32|UInt32|Int64|UInt64|
Single|Double|Decimal|DateTime|String"
/>
<asp:ProfileParameter
ConvertEmptyStringToNull="True|False"
DefaultValue="string"
Direction="Input|Output|InputOutput|ReturnValue"
Name="string"
PropertyName="string"
Size="integer"
Type="Empty|Object|DBNull|Boolean|Char|SByte|
Byte|Int16|UInt16|Int32|UInt32|Int64|UInt64|
Single|Double|Decimal|DateTime|String"
/>
<asp:QueryStringParameter
ConvertEmptyStringToNull="True|False"
DefaultValue="string"
Direction="Input|Output|InputOutput|ReturnValue"
Name="string"
QueryStringField="string"
Size="integer"
Type="Empty|Object|DBNull|Boolean|Char|SByte|
Byte|Int16|UInt16|Int32|UInt32|Int64|UInt64|
Single|Double|Decimal|DateTime|String"
/>
<asp:SessionParameter
ConvertEmptyStringToNull="True|False"
DefaultValue="string"
Direction="Input|Output|InputOutput|ReturnValue"
Name="string"
SessionField="string"
Size="integer"
Type="Empty|Object|DBNull|Boolean|Char|SByte|
Byte|Int16|UInt16|Int32|UInt32|Int64|UInt64|
Single|Double|Decimal|DateTime|String"
/>
</SelectParameters>
<UpdateParameters>
<asp:ControlParameter
ControlID="string"
ConvertEmptyStringToNull="True|False"
DefaultValue="string"
Direction="Input|Output|InputOutput|ReturnValue"
Name="string"
PropertyName="string"
Size="integer"
Type="Empty|Object|DBNull|Boolean|Char|SByte|
Byte|Int16|UInt16|Int32|UInt32|Int64|UInt64|
Single|Double|Decimal|DateTime|String"
/>
<asp:CookieParameter
ConvertEmptyStringToNull="True|False"
CookieName="string"
DefaultValue="string"
Direction="Input|Output|InputOutput|ReturnValue"
Name="string"
Size="integer"
Type="Empty|Object|DBNull|Boolean|Char|SByte|
Byte|Int16|UInt16|Int32|UInt32|Int64|UInt64|
Single|Double|Decimal|DateTime|String"
/>
<asp:FormParameter
ConvertEmptyStringToNull="True|False"
DefaultValue="string"
Direction="Input|Output|InputOutput|ReturnValue"
FormField="string"
Name="string"
Size="integer"
Type="Empty|Object|DBNull|Boolean|Char|SByte|
Byte|Int16|UInt16|Int32|UInt32|Int64|UInt64|
Single|Double|Decimal|DateTime|String"
/>
<asp:Parameter
ConvertEmptyStringToNull="True|False"
DefaultValue="string"
Direction="Input|Output|InputOutput|ReturnValue"
Name="string"
Size="integer"
Type="Empty|Object|DBNull|Boolean|Char|SByte|
Byte|Int16|UInt16|Int32|UInt32|Int64|UInt64|
Single|Double|Decimal|DateTime|String"
/>
<asp:ProfileParameter
ConvertEmptyStringToNull="True|False"
DefaultValue="string"
Direction="Input|Output|InputOutput|ReturnValue"
Name="string"
PropertyName="string"
Size="integer"
Type="Empty|Object|DBNull|Boolean|Char|SByte|
Byte|Int16|UInt16|Int32|UInt32|Int64|UInt64|
Single|Double|Decimal|DateTime|String"
/>
<asp:QueryStringParameter
ConvertEmptyStringToNull="True|False"
DefaultValue="string"
Direction="Input|Output|InputOutput|ReturnValue"
Name="string"
QueryStringField="string"
Size="integer"
Type="Empty|Object|DBNull|Boolean|Char|SByte|
Byte|Int16|UInt16|Int32|UInt32|Int64|UInt64|
Single|Double|Decimal|DateTime|String"
/>
<asp:SessionParameter
ConvertEmptyStringToNull="True|False"
DefaultValue="string"
Direction="Input|Output|InputOutput|ReturnValue"
Name="string"
SessionField="string"
Size="integer"
Type="Empty|Object|DBNull|Boolean|Char|SByte|
Byte|Int16|UInt16|Int32|UInt32|Int64|UInt64|
Single|Double|Decimal|DateTime|String"
/>
</UpdateParameters>
</asp:AccessDataSource>
Remarks
The AccessDataSource class is a data source control that works with Microsoft Access databases. Like its base class, SqlDataSource, the AccessDataSource control uses SQL queries to perform data retrieval.
One of the unique characteristics of the AccessDataSource control is that you do not set the ConnectionString property. All you need to do is set the location of the Access .mdb file, using the DataFile property, and the AccessDataSource takes care of the underlying connection to the database. You should place Access databases in the App_Data directory of the Web site and reference them by a relative path (for example, ~/App_Data/Northwind.mdb). This location offers additional security for data files, because they are not served if they are requested directly by the client Web browser.
The AccessDataSource class does not support connecting to Access databases that are protected by a user name or password, because you cannot set the ConnectionString property. If your Access database is protected by a user name or password, use the SqlDataSource control to connect to it so that you can specify a complete connection string.
You bind data-bound controls to an AccessDataSource using the DataSourceID property of the data-bound control. For more information on binding a data-bound control to data source controls, see Binding to Data Using a Data Source Control.
For more information on using the AccessDataSource control, see AccessDataSource Web Server Control.
Example
The following code example demonstrates a common display and update scenario with the GridView control. The SelectCommand property is set to an appropriate SQL query and data from the Northwind database is displayed in the GridView control. Because a UpdateCommand is also specified and the AutoGenerateEditButton is set to true, you can edit and update the records with no additional code. The GridView control handles adding parameters to the UpdateParameters collection; the GridView passes the parameter values for the BoundField objects first, followed by the values of fields that are specified by the DataKeyNames property. The GridView calls the Update method automatically. If you want to order the parameters, explicitly specify an UpdateParameters collection on the AccessDataSource object.
<%@Page Language="VB" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>ASP.NET Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<asp:accessdatasource
id="AccessDataSource1"
runat="server"
datasourcemode="DataSet"
datafile="~/App_Data/Northwind.mdb"
selectcommand="SELECT EmployeeID,FirstName,LastName,Title FROM Employees"
updatecommand="Update Employees SET FirstName=?,LastName=?,Title=? WHERE EmployeeID=@EmployeeID">
</asp:accessdatasource>
<asp:gridview
id="GridView1"
runat="server"
autogeneratecolumns="False"
datakeynames="EmployeeID"
autogenerateeditbutton="True"
datasourceid="AccessDataSource1">
<columns>
<asp:boundfield headertext="First Name" datafield="FirstName" />
<asp:boundfield headertext="Last Name" datafield="LastName" />
<asp:boundfield headertext="Title" datafield="Title" />
</columns>
</asp:gridview>
</form>
</body>
</html>
<%@Page Language="C#" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>ASP.NET Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<asp:accessdatasource
id="AccessDataSource1"
runat="server"
datasourcemode="DataSet"
datafile="~/App_Data/Northwind.mdb"
selectcommand="SELECT EmployeeID,FirstName,LastName,Title FROM Employees"
updatecommand="Update Employees SET FirstName=?,LastName=?,Title=? WHERE EmployeeID=@EmployeeID">
</asp:accessdatasource>
<asp:gridview
id="GridView1"
runat="server"
autogeneratecolumns="False"
datakeynames="EmployeeID"
autogenerateeditbutton="True"
datasourceid="AccessDataSource1">
<columns>
<asp:boundfield headertext="First Name" datafield="FirstName" />
<asp:boundfield headertext="Last Name" datafield="LastName" />
<asp:boundfield headertext="Title" datafield="Title" />
</columns>
</asp:gridview>
</form>
</body>
</html>
<%@Page Language="VJ#" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>ASP.NET Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<asp:AccessDataSource
id="AccessDataSource1"
runat="server"
DataSourceMode="DataSet"
DataFile="~/App_Data/Northwind.mdb"
SelectCommand="SELECT EmployeeID,FirstName,LastName,Title FROM Employees"
UpdateCommand="Update Employees SET FirstName=@FirstName,LastName=@LastName,Title=@Title WHERE EmployeeID=@EmployeeID">
</asp:AccessDataSource>
<asp:GridView
id="GridView1"
runat="server"
AutoGenerateColumns="False"
DataKeyNames="EmployeeID"
AutoGenerateEditButton="True"
DataSourceID="AccessDataSource1">
<Columns>
<asp:BoundField HeaderText="First Name" DataField="FirstName" />
<asp:BoundField HeaderText="Last Name" DataField="LastName" />
<asp:BoundField HeaderText="Title" DataField="Title" />
</Columns>
</asp:GridView>
</form>
</body>
</html>