View no param

AuthorsApplication/AuthorsApplication/Form1.cs

@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@ private void InitializeForm()
 
             conn = new SqlConnection(connString);
 
+            //run sql files - create view
+            string viewScript = File.ReadAllText("testViewNoParam.sql");
+            //Below is commented out because it is mostly a copy of how the procedure was created and I am not sure how that works.
+            //SQLCommand createViewScript = new SQLCommand(viewScript, conn);
+
+
+
             //run sql files - generate procedure
             string script = File.ReadAllText("setup.sql");
             if (conn.State != ConnectionState.Open) conn.Open();
@@ -44,7 +51,7 @@ private void listBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
 
             //TODO - LIST Books per author - need view
             string currentSelection;
-
+            // We will have to use an ALTER VIEW statement to change the au_id in the WHERE clause
 
             currentSelection = (listAuthors.SelectedItem as DataRowView)["au_id"].ToString();
             //set global variable - used for sp button

AuthorsApplication/AuthorsApplication/bin/Debug/testViewNoParam.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+CREATE VIEW testViewNoParam
+	SELECT au_fname, au_lname, title
+	FROM authors
+	JOIN titleauthor ON authors.au_id = titleauthor.au_id
+	JOIN titles ON titleauthor.title_id = titles.title_id
+	WHERE au_id = '172-32-1176'