DATASRC Attribute | dataSrc Property

Sets or retrieves the source of the data for data binding.

Syntax

HTML	<ELEMENT DATASRC = sID... >
Scripting	object.dataSrc [ = sID ]

Possible Values

sID	String that specifies or receives the identifier of the data source.

The property is read/write. The property has no default value.

Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5. .

Remarks

Tabular and single-valued data consumers use the dataSrc property to specify a binding. The property takes a string that corresponds to the unique identifier of a data source object (DSO) on the page. The string must be prefixed by a number sign (#).

When the dataSrc property is applied to a tabular data consumer, the entire data set is repeated by the consuming elements.

When the dataSrc property is applied to a table, any contained single-valued consumer objects that specify a dataFld property are repeated for each record in the supplied data set. To complete the binding, the binding agent interrogates the enclosing table for its data source. A tabular data consumer contained within another tabular data consumer (table) must specify an explicit dataSrc.

Example

In this example, a text box is bound to the customer_name field of a data source object with an ID of "customer". Because the text box is located within a data-bound table, the text box is repeated to display each of the records provided by the data source.

<TABLE DATASRC="#customer"> 
   <TR><TD><INPUT TYPE=TEXTBOX DATAFLD="customer_name"><TD><TR>
</TABLE>

Standards Information

There is no public standard that applies to this property.

Applies To

	A, APPLET, BUTTON, DIV, FRAME, IFRAME, IMG, INPUT type=button, INPUT type=checkbox, INPUT type=hidden, INPUT type=image, INPUT type=password, INPUT type=radio, INPUT type=text, LABEL, MARQUEE, SELECT, SPAN, TABLE, TEXTAREA