Populating a FormView from different data

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sylan - 18 Jul 2008 02:24 GMT

Hi,

I have a form which creates a request for access to one or more departments.
The formview uses datasource1 to pull all of the files and create an insert
form for this. However, I need for the formview to populate the "department"
field with a list of available departments from datasource2 (different
database server).

Is it possible to populate the values in an insert formview from datasource2
and then insert those values into datasource1?

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Stan - 18 Jul 2008 21:18 GMT

When you say:

However, I need for the formview to populate the "department"

> field with a list of available departments from datasource2 (different
> database server).

Do you mean populate for example a DropDownList?

> Is it possible to populate the values in an insert formview from datasource2
> and then insert those values into datasource1?

It is quite normal to populate a list control from one datasource and
link the output to another. So the answer is yes.

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