filtering and grouping ria services

[David Ocasio]

Ive copied the code from the q2 2010 silverlight 4 demo   for syncing the filters between the domain data source and the grid.

I also see some code there for loading a collection with distinct values. it seems to me that this a bit of a cheat and the code is consuming the results of a query that is returning the distinct values. am i mistaken or is there some hidden functionality for gathering all the distinct values irregardless of the paging

Private collection As New RadObservableCollection(Of String)()
        Private Sub RadGridView1_DistinctValuesLoading(sender As Object, e As Controls.GridView.GridViewDistinctValuesLoadingEventArgs)
            collection.Clear()
            e.ItemsSource = collection

            Dim context As NorthwindDomainContext = DirectCast(DomainDataSource1.DomainContext, NorthwindDomainContext)
            context.DistinctValues.Clear()
            Dim loadOperation As System.ServiceModel.DomainServices.Client.LoadOperation(Of DistinctValue) = context.Load(context.GetDistinctValuesQuery(e.Column.UniqueName))
            AddHandler loadOperation.Completed, AddressOf Me.Completed
        End Sub

        Private Sub Completed(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
            Dim context As NorthwindDomainContext = DirectCast(DomainDataSource1.DomainContext, NorthwindDomainContext)

            Dim values As IEnumerable(Of String) = From i In context.DistinctValues.OfType(Of DistinctValue)() _
                Select i.Value
            collection.AddRange(values)
        End Sub

        Private Sub DomainDataSource1_LoadedData(sender As Object, e As System.Windows.Controls.LoadedDataEventArgs)
            If e.HasError Then
                'Avoid showing exceptions when data exceeds URI length limitations /e.g adding too many filter descriptors/
                e.MarkErrorAsHandled()
            End If
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

[Vlad]

Hi,

The idea of this code is to call a server side method which will return all distinct values for specific column no matter of the paging. 

Sincerely yours,
Vlad
the Telerik team