Finding and Sorting Data in DataSets

Using the table's Select method or the RowFilter property of a data view, the user can filter records in a data table to make available only the required records. This is useful when the user wants to work with different subsets of the records in a dataset table. To specify filter criteria, the user can use the same expression syntax used to create column expressions. The filter expression is evaluated as a Boolean expression; if the expression returns true, the record is included. A filter expression might look like the following:

Price > 10.00

Filtering on Row State and Version

A dataset can maintain different versions of records in tables. When records are first filled in, the dataset contains the original version of the record. If record is changed, the dataset maintains a different version — the current version — that reflects the changes. A property on the record indicates whether the record is unmodified, updated, new, or deleted

A common use for filters is to specify only the current versions of records in the data table. If records have been changed, there are two versions of a record--the current version reflecting the change and the original version representing the record before any changes were made. Records are also flagged according to their status: new, unchanged, deleted, or modified. A deleted record, for example, still exists in the data table, but its row-state flag has been set to deleted.

Sorting

Sorting is similar to filtering, in that you specify a sort expression. A typical sort expression is simply the name of the column to sort by. For example, to sort by the OrderDate column, the user msut specify the sort expression OrderDate. However, the user can sort by the value of any expression, including calculated values. If table's Select method is called, the sort expression is passed as a parameter. If DataViews are being used, the sort expression is to be specified as the value of the view's Sort property.

Data View Manager

Individual DataViews can be defined to sort or filter the data in each DataSet table. If the DataSet contains multiple tables, an alternative is to create a DataView manager (a DataViewManager object). The DataView manager works something like a dataset-wide data view. It provides a single object that manages a collection of DataViews, each of which is associated with a specific table in a dataset. To use a DataView manager, the user must create and configure it in code. There is no design-time object that can be added to a form or component. This means that controls are bound to the DataView manager in code, as there is no design-time component to bind them to.

The following project will illustrate the filtering and sorting of the data.

1. Create a new Windows application project.
2. Add three labels, one DataGridView, one ComboBox and a button to the Form
3. And arrange them as shown in the screenshot below
4. Now go to the codes page and add the following codes.

Click here to veiw sample code

1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.The DataGridView before Sorting:

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