Hi Dave,

Thank you for posting.

As for ObjectDataSource control, we can use the Selected Event to get the
Data Object returned by its internall Select operation. This event fire
after the internal data access class instance has selected and returned the
data object(e.g DataSet or DataTable...).  e.g:

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protected void ObjectDataSource1_Selected(object sender,
ObjectDataSourceStatusEventArgs e)
   {
       Response.Write("<br/>" + e.ReturnValue.GetType());
   }
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#ObjectDataSource.Selected Event  
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.ui.webcontrols.objectdat
asource.selected(VS.80).aspx

Also, if the data access object use instance method as Select method, the
runtime will create an instance of the Data Access class, thus, we can
access that Data Access class's instance through the "ObjectCreated" event,
then if have defined some internal property and method on the Data Access
class for cache and get the cached data object, we can access it through
the object obtained in the "ObjectCreated" event:

   protected void ObjectDataSource1_ObjectCreated(object sender,
ObjectDataSourceEventArgs e)
   {
     
       Response.Write("<br/>" + e.ObjectInstance.GetType());
   }

#ObjectDataSource.ObjectCreated Event  
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.ui.webcontrols.objectdat
asource.objectcreated(VS.80).aspx

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Steven Cheng
Microsoft Online Community Support

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