Hi,

I have a GridView that uses an ObjectDataSource. The objects being displayed are Inquiry objects. In the Inquiry object I have a reference to a Person object. In the Person class I have two properties of interest; FirstName and LastName.

When configuring the GridView the reference to the Person object is visible in the list properties, however the properties in the Person object are not. That is because the object linked to by the datasource is the Inquiry object not the Person object.

So in order to display in the GridView the first and last names of the person who submitted the inuiry I am thinking of adding two properties to the Inquiry object; FirstName and LastName. I do not intend to duplicate the data in the Inquiry object, but rather have the two properties in the Inquiry object pull the first name and last name from the Person object referenced in the Inquiry object.


Is this the proper way to do this in an OO fashion or am I missing something?

Thanks in advance for any help.

AspNetGuy:
I think you are on the right track. Verifiy in your Datasource, which is or should be relational especially if you are using a related table as in your Inquiry Object (table) using the PersonObject Primary Key (PersonID) in order to displary the information from the Person table. Verify the relationship(s) among your Table Objects as in an E-R Diagram based on the DataSource.

Hope This Helps.

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Thanks for your input.