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Data Versioning Via Table and RadGrid

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TRACEY AXELROD asked on 02 Jun 2010, 04:19 PM

Requirements
RadControls version	RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX 2010.1 519
.NET version	2.x
Visual Studio version	2005/8
programming language	VB.NET
browser support	all browsers supported by RadControls

PROJECT DESCRIPTION
I am storing different versions of an Excel file in a SQL Server table. Each row in the file is a row in the table. Different versions are differentiated by a VersionNumber column. This code allows the user to view different versions of the file in a RadGrid. Steps:

First you will need a table defined that includes a column for the version. You will need a way to increment the version as you insert new rows to the table. I use stored procedures to insert and select from the tables.
Then:
1. Have a radgrid defined to hold the data
2. Create a drop down and link buttons to select either a given version or the current version

    
            <asp:DropDownList ID="ddlVersion" runat="server" Width="250px"> 
        
            </asp:DropDownList> 
        
            <asp:LinkButton ID="lbViewVersion" Text="View selected Version" runat="server"> 
        
            </asp:LinkButton> 
        
            <br /> 
        
            <asp:LinkButton ID="lbViewCurrentVer" Text="View current Version" runat="server"> 
        
            </asp:LinkButton>

3. Create a method to pull the data based on the ddl and link button selections

    
                Protected Sub GetInventoryData(ByVal displayType As String) 
        
                    ' set your data access here 
        
                ' ... 
        
                    Dim inventoryData As DataSet 
        
                    Try 
        
                        ' If different version is selected get the version from the drop down and pass it into a stored procedure 
        
                        If displayType = "diffVersion" Then 
        
                            Dim inParams As New NameValueCollection 
        
                            Dim version As Int16 
        
                            version = ddlVersion.SelectedValue 
        
                            With inParams 
        
                                .Add("@versionNum", version) 
        
                            End With 
        
                            inventoryData = <your data call to the stored procedure, passing in the version as input param> 
        
                        Else 
        
                    ' I go to a different table and procedure if it's current version so I need an else without input params 
        
                            inventoryData = <your data call to the stored procedure> 
        
                        End If 
        
                        rgridInventory.DataSource = inventoryData 
        
                        rgridInventory.DataBind() 
        
                    Catch ex As Exception 
        
                        ' your error catching protocol 
        
                    Finally 
        
                    End Try 
        
                End Sub

4. Call the method -- passing in whether you want the current or earlier version. The example below gets a different version

    
            ' pulls in different version 
        
            GetInventoryData("diffVersion")

Data Versioning Via Table and RadGrid

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