Accessing query string variable in the sql query in aspx page - asp.net

I am quite new to asp.net,I am building an application where I need to show the in the grid view,Now the query I am generating for fetching the data from database containing one parameter which comes from the query string.I am using this code
<asp:SqlDataSource runat="server" ID="MySQLData"
ConnectionString="server=localhost;port=3309; User Id=xxxxx;password=xxxxx;database=xxxxx"
ProviderName="MySql.Data.MySqlClient"
SelectCommand="SELECT contenthead.lastmodifieddate,contenthead.heading,lk_technology.technology FROM contenthead JOIN lk_technology WHERE contenthead.techID=lk_technology.techID AND contenthead.authorid='<%=Request.QueryString["uid"]%>'" />
Now when I am using <%..%> tag I am getting parser error that says: Server tags cannot contain <% ... %> constructs.
Now I want to use this variable from query string.Please tell me how I can access this variable in this context.

<asp:SqlDataSource ID="SqlDataSource1" runat="server" ConnectionString="..." ProviderName="System.Data.SqlClient" SelectCommand="SELECT [UserId], [LastUpdatedDate] FROM [vw_aspnet_Profiles] WHERE ([UserId] = #UserId)">
<SelectParameters>
<asp:QueryString ParameterDefaultValue="0" Name="UserId" QueryStringField="Id" Type="Object"/>
</SelectParameters>
</asp:SqlDataSource>
You have to add a parameter to your SqlDataSource

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First, the code returns 2 rows when I execute the SQL via Studio.
Second, I don't want it as a stored proc. Deployment issue. Smile, let it go. :-)
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What am I doing wrong?
Thanks in advance,
Jason
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I'm trying to bind a column from a SQL code that i have written to all hyperlinks in a datalist. This should be really simple but I'm getting the error
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Well I'm pretty sure the column exist but in this case it's created by a function maybe that has something to do with it. When I run the SQL code i get the values I should.
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ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:ASPNETDBConnectionString %>" SelectCommand="SELECT News.ID, News.Topic, News.Text, News.PostTime, aspnet_Users.UserName, "NumberOfComments" = dbo.fnNumberOfCommentOnNews(News.ID)
FROM News INNER JOIN
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WHERE (News.ID = ISNULL(#ID, News.ID))
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</asp:SqlDataSource>
Why do you have """ surrounding NumberOfComments FieldName?
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asp.net parameters in odbc

I have a page 3 datacontrols (in order, datalist->grid->listview, the selection from one feeds into the next) works perfectly locally, using dot net connector for mysql. My webhost uses ODBC, and I had to remove [ ] from the select statements in my code and put the table names. I removed the [ ] 's and my page runs, and my 1st/datalist control shows but now my "selected value" of my datalist, doesn't populate my grid control.
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Here is my original, for my grid:
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ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:exoticingConnectionString %>"
ProviderName="<%$ ConnectionStrings:exoticingConnectionString.ProviderName %>"
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<SelectParameters>
<asp:ControlParameter ControlID="DataList1" Name="filenameid"
PropertyName="SelectedValue" Type="Int32" />
</SelectParameters>
</asp:SqlDataSource>
example of changes to select that allowed my page to run again:
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BTW,
I also tried removing my scriptmanager & updatepanel,, and using autopostbacks instead in my controls, jik, and nothing changed so I put it back.
changed :
WHERE ([filenameid] = #filenameid)
to:
WHERE ([filenameid] = ?)
and it worked

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SelectCommandType="Text"
SelectCommand="select MyField FROM MyTable WHERE ID = #id"
>
<SelectParameters>
<asp:ControlParameter ControlID="txtUserName" PropertyName="Text" Name="id" />
</SelectParameters>
</asp:SqlDataSource>
<asp:BulletedList runat="server" DataTextField="MyField" DataSourceID="sql">
</asp:BulletedList>
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interface control that renders a
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Using SelectParameters in ASP.NET gives 'Must declare variable' errors

I have an ASP SqlDataSource connected to Sybase DB query, using Select Parameters that are populated by a dropdown:
Dropdown (works OK):
<asp:SqlDataSource ID="dsBondIDList" runat="server"
ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:ConnectionString %>"
ProviderName="<%$ ConnectionStrings:ConnectionString.ProviderName %>"
SelectCommand="SELECT [name], [bondID] FROM [bonds]">
</asp:SqlDataSource>
<asp:DropDownList ID="lstBondID" runat="server" DataSourceID="dsBondIDList" DataTextField="name" DataValueField="bondID">
SqlDataSource with parameter:
<asp:SqlDataSource ID="dsBonds" runat="server"
ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:ConnectionString %>"
ProviderName="<%$ ConnectionStrings:ConnectionString.ProviderName %>"
SelectCommand="SELECT [ticker], [name], [isin], [currency],
[stock], [maturity], [bid], [ask]
FROM [bonds] where [bondID] = #bondID">
<SelectParameters>
<asp:ControlParameter Name="bondID" ControlID="lstBondID" PropertyName="SelectedValue" DefaultValue="-1" />
</SelectParameters>
</asp:SqlDataSource>
But I get an error when I try to run it:
ERROR [HY000] [DataDirect][ODBC Sybase Wire Protocol driver][SQL Server]Must declare variable '#bondID'.
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Does anybody know why the #bondID is not being substituted with the lstBondID.SelectedValue?
Thanks in advance
Ryan
I just went through this problem 10 minutes ago and here's the fix:
If you need to keep using the ODBC driver you have, change your query to use ? instead of Named Parameters.
SELECT [ticker], [name], [isin], [currency],
[stock], [maturity], [bid], [ask]
FROM [bonds] where [bondID] = ?
The parameters are used in the order they are added to the parameters collection (This gets hairy when you need to use the parameter more than once in your query etc).
Otherwise you can change drivers. Look for sybdrvodb.dll and regsvr32 it. Then setup your DSN and use that.

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