SqlDataSourceView.ParameterPrefix Property

SQL queries and commands can be parameterized, in that they contain placeholders for values that are bound to the query at run time. Depending on the ADO.NET provider that is set for the SqlDataSource control, which is identified by the ProviderName property, the parameters are evaluated by alias or by their ordering in the ParameterCollection object.

If the ProviderName is not set or is set to the System.Data.SqlClient, parameters are evaluated by alias and the ParameterPrefix property is used to add a parameter prefix to the Name property of each Parameter object in a ParameterCollection during a data retrieval or data manipulation operation. If the ProviderName property is set to the System.Data.OleDb or System.Data.Odbc, the parameters are evaluated by order and the ParameterPrefix and Name properties are ignored.

If you extend the SqlDataSourceView class, you can override the ParameterPrefix property to supply a prefix other than the "@" string, if required.

.NET Framework

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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