In my C# code, I want to SELECT rows first based upon one column's values and
then different rows based upon a different column's values. Using Query
Builder, I construct: SELECT * FROM myTable WHERE (Var1 = ?) OR (Var2 = ?)
Then in code:
MyDataAdapter.GetFillParameters()[0].Value = myValue;
MyDataAdapter.GetFillParameters()[1].Value = -9999;

There's got to be a better way? What can I do without having a second data
adapter with a different SELECT SQL? Is there anyway to update the SELECT
statement in the code to reference the other column's value?

Hi,

IMO the fastest way is to use two selects.
Other then that you might do something like:
WHERE (Var1 = ? OR ? is NULL) AND (Var2 = ? OR ? IS NULL)
(introduce two new parameters that serve as flags whether the criteria is
valid).
However, you might run into performance drawbacks doing it in this way...

--
Miha Markic [MVP C#] - RightHand .NET consulting & development
SLODUG - Slovene Developer Users Group
www.rthand.com


"RadioSignal" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> In my C# code, I want to SELECT rows first based upon one column's values
> and
> then different rows based upon a different column's values. Using Query
> Builder, I construct: SELECT * FROM myTable WHERE (Var1 = ?) OR (Var2 = ?)
> Then in code:
> MyDataAdapter.GetFillParameters()[0].Value = myValue;
> MyDataAdapter.GetFillParameters()[1].Value = -9999;
>
> There's got to be a better way? What can I do without having a second data
> adapter with a different SELECT SQL? Is there anyway to update the SELECT
> statement in the code to reference the other column's value?

Did you consider using the UNION operator that can return a single rowset
built from two SELECT products?

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"RadioSignal" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news6EED71C-59E1-4016-837E-(E-Mail Removed)...
> In my C# code, I want to SELECT rows first based upon one column's values
> and
> then different rows based upon a different column's values. Using Query
> Builder, I construct: SELECT * FROM myTable WHERE (Var1 = ?) OR (Var2 = ?)
> Then in code:
> MyDataAdapter.GetFillParameters()[0].Value = myValue;
> MyDataAdapter.GetFillParameters()[1].Value = -9999;
>
> There's got to be a better way? What can I do without having a second data
> adapter with a different SELECT SQL? Is there anyway to update the SELECT
> statement in the code to reference the other column's value?

Thank you. I'm not quite sure how that would help in this case. I really only
want to execute one SELECT with one WHERE at a time. Trouble is I can't
easily switch the SQL statement created by the IDE to another defferent WHERE
clause. After Miha's reply, I tried updating the SQL SELECT statement in my
code but then I had to clear parameter characteristics and re-add the new
parameter to the data adapter. That works fine, albeit inconvenient. I
suppose the other possibility is to have another data adapter containing the
second SELECT statement and switch between them as needed in my code.

"William (Bill) Vaughn" wrote:

> Did you consider using the UNION operator that can return a single rowset
> built from two SELECT products?
>
> --
> ____________________________________
> William (Bill) Vaughn
> Author, Mentor, Consultant
> Microsoft MVP
> www.betav.com
> Please reply only to the newsgroup so that others can benefit.
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> __________________________________
>
> "RadioSignal" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news6EED71C-59E1-4016-837E-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > In my C# code, I want to SELECT rows first based upon one column's values
> > and
> > then different rows based upon a different column's values. Using Query
> > Builder, I construct: SELECT * FROM myTable WHERE (Var1 = ?) OR (Var2 = ?)
> > Then in code:
> > MyDataAdapter.GetFillParameters()[0].Value = myValue;
> > MyDataAdapter.GetFillParameters()[1].Value = -9999;
> >
> > There's got to be a better way? What can I do without having a second data
> > adapter with a different SELECT SQL? Is there anyway to update the SELECT
> > statement in the code to reference the other column's value?
>
>
>

Thank you. I figured out how to update the SQL SELECT statement from the IDE
in the data adapter but then had to clear the old parameter characteristics
and re-add my new parameter. That worked fine, albeit inconvenient. Perhapps
for instances like this I should just create a "new" data adapter in my code
with a hardcoded parameterless SQL SELECT... WHERE clause.

"Miha Markic [MVP C#]" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> IMO the fastest way is to use two selects.
> Other then that you might do something like:
> WHERE (Var1 = ? OR ? is NULL) AND (Var2 = ? OR ? IS NULL)
> (introduce two new parameters that serve as flags whether the criteria is
> valid).
> However, you might run into performance drawbacks doing it in this way...
>
> --
> Miha Markic [MVP C#] - RightHand .NET consulting & development
> SLODUG - Slovene Developer Users Group
> www.rthand.com
>
>
> "RadioSignal" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news6EED71C-59E1-4016-837E-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > In my C# code, I want to SELECT rows first based upon one column's values
> > and
> > then different rows based upon a different column's values. Using Query
> > Builder, I construct: SELECT * FROM myTable WHERE (Var1 = ?) OR (Var2 = ?)
> > Then in code:
> > MyDataAdapter.GetFillParameters()[0].Value = myValue;
> > MyDataAdapter.GetFillParameters()[1].Value = -9999;
> >
> > There's got to be a better way? What can I do without having a second data
> > adapter with a different SELECT SQL? Is there anyway to update the SELECT
> > statement in the code to reference the other column's value?
>
>
>