>To anyone who has experienced this problem!
>
>Could not find a property named '... ' on the type specified by the
>DataObjectTypeName property in ObjectDataSource '...'
>
>I've been looking at forums about the problem that devellopers have in using
>ObjectDataSource when trying to update or delete a record.
>There has been a lot of talk like... you have to implement a list if you
>wanna use direct methods in such operations, etc etc
>
>It was also an headache to me :-s
>
>Well, i found a way that works
>
>In design-time, go to the properties window and choose the ObjectDataSource
>control. Then, in property DataObjectTypeName just remove whatever that
>is... and it will work.
>
>For example, in my case i was using a gridview that loads database users
>(the primary key of that table is of type Uniqueidentifier).
>
>When i configured the ObjectDataSource thorugh the .Net's wizard, it put
>automatically in the DataObjectTypeName the type System.Guid
>for that, i couldn't delete or update any record of the grid, so i removed
>it and let the property blank.
>Then, I just tried to delete and update a record and IT WORKED FINE (yes!)
>:-D
>
>i hope this helps you like it helped me
>
>Best regards to all interested :-)
>
>Anabela Silva
>
>

"Otis Mukinfus" wrote:

> On Wed, 1 Nov 2006 19:08:59 -0000, "Anabela Silva" <asilvab***@netcabo.pt>
> wrote:
> Bravo, Anabela!
>
> Thanks for the information.
>
>
> >To anyone who has experienced this problem!
> >
> >Could not find a property named '... ' on the type specified by the
> >DataObjectTypeName property in ObjectDataSource '...'
> >
> >I've been looking at forums about the problem that devellopers have in using
> >ObjectDataSource when trying to update or delete a record.
> >There has been a lot of talk like... you have to implement a list if you
> >wanna use direct methods in such operations, etc etc
> >
> >It was also an headache to me :-s
> >
> >Well, i found a way that works
> >
> >In design-time, go to the properties window and choose the ObjectDataSource
> >control. Then, in property DataObjectTypeName just remove whatever that
> >is... and it will work.
> >
> >For example, in my case i was using a gridview that loads database users
> >(the primary key of that table is of type Uniqueidentifier).
> >
> >When i configured the ObjectDataSource thorugh the .Net's wizard, it put
> >automatically in the DataObjectTypeName the type System.Guid
> >for that, i couldn't delete or update any record of the grid, so i removed
> >it and let the property blank.
> >Then, I just tried to delete and update a record and IT WORKED FINE (yes!)
> >:-D
> >
> >i hope this helps you like it helped me
> >
> >Best regards to all interested :-)
> >
> >Anabela Silva
> >
> >
> Good luck with your project,
>
> Otis Mukinfus
> http://www.arltex.com
> http://www.tomchilders.com
>