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Click Test to connect to the database and create an instance of the data source.
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A table appears displaying the returned data. Each row contains a record and each column represents a field in that
record. Click OK to close the test recordset.
Click OK. The newly defined ColdFusion recordset appears in the Bindings panel.
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Options for the simple DataSet dialog box (ASP.NET)
Define an ASP.NET DataSet as a source of dynamic content without hand coding SQL statements.
1 In the Name box, enter a name for the DataSet.
A common practice is to add the prefix ds to DataSet names to distinguish them from other object names in your
code, for example:
dsPressReleases
DataSet names can only contain letters, numbers, and the underscore character (_). You cannot use special
characters or spaces.
2 Select a connection from the Connection pop-up menu.
If no connection appears in the list, click Define to create one.
In the Table pop-up menu, select the database table that will provide data to the DataSet.
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The pop-up menu displays all the tables in the specified database.
To include a subset of the table's columns in the DataSet, click Selected and choose the desired columns by
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Control-clicking (Windows) or Command-clicking (Macintosh) them in the list.
To include only some of the table's records, complete the Filter section as follows:
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From the first pop-up menu, select a column in the database table to compare against a test value you define.
• From the second pop-up menu, select a conditional expression to compare the selected value in each record
against the test value.
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From the third pop-up menu, select Entered Value.
• In the box, enter the test value.
If the specified value in a record meets your filtering condition, the record will be included in the DataSet.
6 (Optional) To sort the records, select a column to sort by, and then specify whether the records should be sorted
in ascending order (1, 2, 3... or A, B, C...) or descending order.
You can specify a page to redirect users to if the DataSet query should for some reason fail. For example, if the
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database were to become unavailable during a query and failed to return the DataSet for the page, you could display
an error page with a link to the site's home page.
Click Test to connect to the database, and create an instance of the data source.
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A table appears displaying the returned data. Each row contains a record and each column represents a field in that
record. Click OK to close the DataSet.
Click OK. The newly defined DataSet appears in the Bindings panel.
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Define an advanced recordset by writing SQL
Write your own SQL statements by using the advanced Recordset dialog box, or create a SQL statement by using the
graphical Database Items tree.
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September 4, 2007
DREAMWEAVER CS3 550
User Guide