is there a way to pass my object

[Guest]

hey all,
i'm in the code-behind for my web page and i have a gridview bound to a
custom object. i have an add new record on the footer template.

my custom object accepts an Employee object but i'm not sure how to pass this:
i'm thinking something like this but it's not working.
Me.ObjectDataSource1.InsertParameters.Add(Employee)

any ideas?
thanks,
rodchar

 

[q]

You want to set the DataObjectTypeName property on the gridview to the
type.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/li...rols.objectdatasource.dataobjecttypename.aspx

 

[Guest]

yeah but the grid view doesn't have a native Insert does it?

what i had to do was this:
If e.CommandName = "AddNew" Then
Dim lastName As String =
DirectCast(GridView1.FooterRow.FindControl("TxInsLastName"), TextBox).Text
Dim firstName As String =
DirectCast(GridView1.FooterRow.FindControl("TxInsFirstName"), TextBox).Text
Dim emp As New Employee
emp.LastName = lastName
emp.FirstName = firstName
emp.InsertEmployee()
Me.GridView1.DataBind()
End If

Am i missing something?
thanks,
rodchar