The following code shows how to set the RDS.DataControl parameter at design time and bind it to a data-aware control using an ODBC data source called Pubs that ships with SQL Server 6.5.
<!—- RDS.DataControl -- >
<OBJECT classid="clsid:BD96C556-65A3-11D0-983A-00C04FC29E33" ID=ADC HEIGHT=10 WIDTH=10>
<PARAM NAME="SQL" VALUE="Select * from Authors">
<PARAM NAME="SERVER" VALUE="http://MyWebServer">
<PARAM NAME="CONNECT" VALUE="dsn=pubs;UID=sa;PWD=;">
</OBJECT>
<!-- Data Grid -- >
<Object CLASSID="clsid:AC05DC80-7DF1-11d0-839E-00A024A94B3A"
CODEBASE="http://MyWebServer
/MSADC/Samples/Sheridan.cab"
ID=GRID1
datasrc=#ADC
HEIGHT=125
WIDTH=495>
<PARAM NAME="AllowAddNew" VALUE="TRUE">
<PARAM NAME="AllowDelete" VALUE="TRUE">
<PARAM NAME="AllowUpdate" VALUE="TRUE">
<PARAM NAME="BackColor" VALUE="-2147483643">
<PARAM NAME="BackColorOdd" VALUE="-2147483643">
<PARAM NAME="ForeColorEven" VALUE="0">
</OBJECT>
The following example shows how to set the necessary parameters of RDS.DataControl at run time. To test this example, cut and paste this code between the <Body></Body> tags in a normal HTML document and name it ADCapi5.asp. ASP script will identify your server.
<Center><H2>RDS API Code Examples </H2>
<HR><H3>Remote Data Service SQL Property Set at Run Time</H3>
<!-- RDS.DataControl with no parameters set at design time -->
<OBJECT classid="clsid:BD96C556-65A3-11D0-983A-00C04FC29E33"
ID=ADC>
</OBJECT>
<Object CLASSID="clsid:AC05DC80-7DF1-11d0-839E-00A024A94B3A"
CODEBASE="http://<%=Request.ServerVariables("SERVER_NAME")%>/MSADC/Samples/Sheridan.cab"
ID=GRID1
datasrc=#ADC
HEIGHT=125
WIDTH=495>
<PARAM NAME="AllowAddNew" VALUE="TRUE">
<PARAM NAME="AllowDelete" VALUE="TRUE">
<PARAM NAME="AllowUpdate" VALUE="TRUE">
<PARAM NAME="Caption" VALUE="Remote Data Service Run Time">
</OBJECT>
<HR>
<Input Size=70 Name="txtServer" Value= "http://<%=Request.ServerVariables("SERVER_NAME")%>">
<BR>
<Input Size=70 Name="txtConnect" Value="dsn=ADCDemo;UID=ADCDemo;PWD=ADCDemo;">
<BR>
<Input Size=70 Name="txtSQL">
<HR>
<INPUT TYPE=BUTTON NAME="Run" VALUE="Run"><BR>
<H4>Fill bottom text box with an SQL string<BR>
Try ... Select * from Employee</H4>
</Center>
<Script Language="VBScript">
<!--
' Set parameters of RDS. at Run Time
Sub Run_OnClick
ADC.Server = txtServer.Value
ADC.SQL = txtSQL.Value
ADC.Connect = txtConnect.Value
ADC.Refresh
End Sub
-->
</Script>