binding data in a gridview

[MikeB]

ooh boy, I hope I'm in the right place to ask this.

I'm trying to do a class project that binds controls to data sources.

I have a Drop-down List that I bound to the Author column of an SQL
table Articles.

I then have a GridView that is supposed to react to changes in the
name selected in the DDL.

I have another data binding that I set up with a SELECT procedure that
selects the columns from the table with a parameter [author] =
@author1.
I selected the data to come from a control and I identified the DDL as
the control.

When I start my web page, the data in the gridview displays the rows
for the author that is selected by default in the DDL.

However, I cannot get the gridview to change data when I click on a
different author in the DDL. I've gone through the MS Walkthrough as
much as I could (they use a stored procedure and I don't have
authority to create a stored procedure), but I'm none the wiser. I've
built the page three times and every time the results are the same.
I'd really like some advice.

Thanks
MikeB

 

[MikeB]

ooh boy, I hope I'm in the right place to ask this.

I'm trying to do a class project that binds controls to data sources.

I have a Drop-down List that I bound to the Author column of an SQL
table Articles.

I then have a GridView that is supposed to react to changes in the
name selected in the DDL.

I have another data binding that I set up with a SELECT procedure that
selects the columns from the table with a parameter [author] =
@author1.
I selected the data to come from a control and I identified the DDL as
the control.

When I start my web page, the data in the gridview displays the rows
for the author that is selected by default in the DDL.

However, I cannot get the gridview to change data when I click on a
different author in the DDL. I've gone through the MS Walkthrough as
much as I could (they use a stored procedure and I don't have
authority to create a stored procedure), but I'm none the wiser. I've
built the page three times and every time the results are the same.
I'd really like some advice.

Thanks
MikeB

Got it figured out. On the Drop-down list control is a property for
Post-back. This mst be "Yes".