DataRowStates of DataSet

Programmers always look for shortcuts and ease while he perform his job. Microsoft provides a number of Services in this Regard. VisualStudio.NET is one of the remarkable development of Microsoft. (Enough to talk about Microsoft)

Here, I want to tell you that how can we get only that data from DataSet which we manipulate while we were performing our job.

DataSet has a number of DataRowState Properties:

1) DataRowState.Added
2) DataRowState.Deleted
3) DataRowState.Modified
4) DataRowState.Detached
5) DataRowState.Unchanged


DataRowState help us in getting the manipulated data which we either Change, Delete or Add.

Now, How can we use these state. I am telling you below but first we have to fill a dataset by any values. For Example, I create my own database. Insert values in it and after then I call them through query into dataset.

Here, I assume that you must have fill your dataset already. Now change a value of any row from your dataset. To get confirmation that something is changed you can use the below command:

MessageBox.Show(dataSetName.HasChanges)

If it return you "True" then we get confirmed that something is modified in dataset. Now you can get all the changes either modified rows, added rows, deleted rows, etc. by single command

ds.GetChanges()

or you can get only those deleted/Modified/Added rows by following the below code:

ds.GetChanges(DataRowState.Modified)

The above command will return you only updated rows.

Below I am writing entire Code for the easiness of your sake:


/////////////Form Loaded Method//////////////////////
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles

MyBase.Load
Try
con.Open()
da = New SqlDataAdapter("select * from tblstudent_Main", con)
da.SelectCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
da.Fill(ds, "table1")
con.Close()
ds.Tables(0).Rows(1).Item(1) = "Zeeshan"
ds.Tables(0).Rows(5).Item(1) = "Ahmed"
Dim dr As DataRow
dr = ds.Tables(0).NewRow
dr.Item(0) = 7
dr.Item(1) = "Memon"
ds.Tables(0).Rows.Add(dr)
Catch ex As Exception

End Try
End Sub



//////////Button Click Method/////////////////
MessageBox.Show(ds.HasChanges)
Dim ds2 As New DataSet
ds2 = ds.GetChanges()
For Each dr As DataRow In ds2.Tables(0).Rows
///Return True if the rows are added else False

''MessageBox.Show(ds2.HasChanges(DataRowState.Added))

//Return you DataRowState. Remember if you do not write toString() then
it will return you numeric value.

MessageBox.Show(dr.RowState.ToString)

Next
DataGridView1.DataSource = ds2.Tables(0)

MessageBox.Show("transfereed successfully")


I hope that this will help you alot in understanding the DataRowState Concept.

PARAMETERS REQUIRED IN CRYSTAL REPORT

Dear Friends, When I was new to Crystal Report in Visual Studio. The very first problem that I was encoutered was how to pass parameters to Crystal Report from vb.net. And I was amazed when I found the solution quite easy.

Solution:

You must first make an instance of the report object

dim rpt as new reportname

now you can pass the parameter to report

rpt.setparametervalues("ParameterName",value)

For Example

rpt.setParameterValues("Name",value)

I hope this will help you alot.

Invalid Report File Path

Dear Friends, Last days I was very upset due to a minute problem which make my life hell, and when I discover its solutions I was amazed that how much easy it was to resolve.

Problem:
I create a report in Visual Studio 2003 in vb.net. The report display its results but when I give it command to print the document or to export the document then it shows me an error which says

"Invalid Report File Path"

I google on web alot and found a huge number of solutions too but neither work for me.

Solution:
The solution was quite simple. I have written all the queries and codes in FormName_Activated() Method. I just cut the code from there and paste it to FormName_Load() Method.

And get the result which I want.

It now not only export the report but also print the report too.

Ohh..... GOD some times a minor problem becomes a huge one and have a very minute solution but only the problem is to discover it..............

I hope this will help you as well.

Wish you all the best......................

INSTANCE OF REFERENCE IS DISPOSED

Some times we have a situation where we dispose the reference instance and then later on we try to use it and it gives us an exception

"Cannot access a disposed object".

The simple solution of the above problem is that you first check that either the instance of the reference is not disposed. If it is disposed then create a new instance of the reference and to check that either the instance of the reference is alive or not, we simple write the following code

if frm.IsDisposed()=true then
frm=new form1
end if

That's all....

Enjoy the world of Programming.