Question

how to bind sql database table to a silver light datagrid with out using linq?

how can that be done?

Answer 1

You can not bind sql datatable to silverlight datatable directly.

I did it like :

1) I have created business object in webservice :

Public Structure DCDData
        Dim ProductDescription As String
        Dim Yield As String
        Dim Pair As String
        Dim Tenor As String
        Dim StrikePoints As String
End Structure

2) Writtern webservice method which is returning List of business object

 Dim list As New List(Of DCDData)
 Dim dtTable As New DataTable("DataTable1")

Call objDCD_Product_Dashboard_DB_Functions.DB_Get_DCDData(strCcyPair, strTenor, dtTable)

For i As Integer = 0 To dtTable.Rows.Count - 1
Dim objDcdData As New DCDData
objDcdData.ProductDescription = dtTable.Rows(i).Item("Product_Description").ToString
objDcdData.Yield = dtTable.Rows(i).Item("Yield").ToString
objDcdData.Pair = dtTable.Rows(i).Item("Pair").ToString
objDcdData.Tenor = dtTable.Rows(i).Item("Tenor").ToString
objDcdData.StrikePoints = dtTable.Rows(i).Item("Strike Points").ToString
list.Add(objDcdData)
Next

Return list

3) In silverlight page Bind datagrid to List of object