Question

I am using ObjectDataSource for my Gridview.
The function I am using to return values is just returning a single value that is the last one from the table.
What changes do I make to return all the values.

public class Employees
    {
        public int e_number;
        public string e_name;
        public string e_designation;
        private SqlConnection conn = null;
        private SqlCommand cmd = null;
        private string constring = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["ConnectionString"].ConnectionString;


        public Employees()
        {
            conn = new SqlConnection(constring);
            cmd = new SqlCommand();
        }
        public int Employee
        {
            get
            {
                return e_number;
            }
            set
            {
                e_number = value;
            }
        }

        public  string Name
        {
            get
            {
                return e_name;
            }
            set
            {
                e_name = value;
            }
        }
        public string Designation
        {
            get
            {
                return e_designation;
            }
            set
            {
                e_designation = value;
            }
        }   


        public Employees GetEmployee()
        {
            string strquery = "select [Number],[Name],[Designation] from [Users]";
            conn.Open();
            cmd.Connection = conn;
            cmd.CommandText = strquery;
             SqlDataReader objSqlDataReader = cmd.ExecuteReader();
            int counter = 0;
           // ArrayList myObj = new ArrayList();
          //  Employees objEmployees = new Employees();
            Employees emp = null;

            //if (objSqlDataReader.Read())
            while(objSqlDataReader.Read())
            {
               emp = new Employees();
               // myObj[counter] = new Employees();
              //  Employees employee = new Employees();
                emp.Employee = (int)objSqlDataReader["Number"];
                emp.Name=(string)objSqlDataReader["Name"];
                emp.Designation = (string)objSqlDataReader["Designation"];



               // objEmployees.e_number = (int)objSqlDataReader["Number"];
               // objEmployees.e_name = (string)objSqlDataReader["Name"];
                //objEmployees.e_designation = (string)objSqlDataReader["Designation"];


            }

            conn.Close();
            return emp; 




            //return objEmployees;



        }
    }
}

I have tried all approaches like making array of objects but I am not able to .
Please could you tell me what to add in my code.

Answer 1

You need to return a list of employees. You are only returning a single one, the last instance after you exit the loop:

public List<Employees> GetEmployees()
{
    ..
    List<Employees> emps = new List<Employees>();
    Employees emp = null;

    while (..)
    {
        emp = new Employees();
        ..
        emps.Add(emp);
    }

    return emps;
}