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How to: Load Data from a SQL Geometry Datasource

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To load data from a SQL geometry data source, follow the steps below:

  1. Create a SqlGeometryDataAdapter object.
  2. Specify its SqlGeometryDataAdapter.ConnectionString, SqlGeometryDataAdapter.SqlText and SqlGeometryDataAdapter.SpatialDataMember properties.
  3. Assign this object to the VectorItemsLayer.Data property.

Note that all field values loaded from the database (except for the SpatialDataMember field) are stored as attributes for each generated SqlGeometryItem object.

In this example, you can use the Map Editor to edit shapes. To save changes, call corresponding SQL commands in the MapEditor.MapItemEdited event handler.

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using DevExpress.XtraMap;
using System;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
using System.IO;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace SqlGeometry {
    public partial class Form1 : Form {
        const string filePath = "..\\..\\Data\\SQLG.mdf";
        static string fullFilePath = Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(Application.StartupPath, filePath));
        string connectionString = @"Data Source=(LocalDB)\MSSQLLocalDB;AttachDbFileName=" + fullFilePath + ";Database=SqlGeometryDB;Integrated Security=True;MultipleActiveResultSets=True";
        private void Form1_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e) {
            SqlGeometryDataAdapter adapter = new SqlGeometryDataAdapter() {
                ConnectionString = connectionString,
                SqlText = "SELECT TOP 1000 [id], [GeomCol1],[TextCol] FROM [dbo].[DemoTable]",
                SpatialDataMember = "GeomCol1"
            };
            VectorItemsLayer layer = new VectorItemsLayer() {
                Data = adapter,
                ShapeTitlesPattern = "{TextCol}"
            };
            layer.DataLoaded += layer_DataLoaded;
            mapControl1.Layers.Add(layer);
            mapControl1.MapEditor.ShowEditorPanel = true;
            mapControl1.MapEditor.MapItemEdited += MapEditor_MapItemEdited;
        }

        void layer_DataLoaded(object sender, DataLoadedEventArgs e) {
            mapControl1.ZoomToFitLayerItems();
        }

        private void MapEditor_MapItemEdited(object sender, MapItemEditedEventArgs e) {
            foreach (MapPath path in e.Items) {
                int id = Convert.ToInt32(path.Attributes["id"].Value);
                string modified = path.ExportToWkt().ToString();
                path.Attributes["TextCol"].Value = "Australia" + " " + DateTime.Now.Second.ToString();

                using (SqlConnection cn = new SqlConnection() { ConnectionString = connectionString }) {
                    cn.Open();
                    // For more information about SRID parameters, see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/spatial-geography/stsrid-geography-data-type?view=sql-server-ver15
                    SqlCommand updatecmd = new SqlCommand("UPDATE DemoTable SET GeomCol1 = geometry::STGeomFromText('" + modified + "', 4326 ) WHERE id = " + id.ToString(), cn);
                    updatecmd.ExecuteNonQuery();

                    SqlCommand updateattr = new SqlCommand("UPDATE DemoTable SET TextCol = '" + path.Attributes["TextCol"].Value.ToString() + "' WHERE id =" + id.ToString(), cn);
                    updateattr.ExecuteNonQuery();
                }
            }
        }
    }
}