udpating gridview

hi, there's few things i want to do with the grid. first is how can i remove the row whenever the hit button fires up. Note that it will only remove the row in the grid and not deleting the entry. Second, when the Update button fires up I need to update all rows in the grid and set value of Status column to the row dropdownlist value.

I'm thinking of adding another button inline with the row instead of doing a batch update. Would you think it would be convenient design in terms of net traffic? How would I do that?

Thanks.

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Hey,

Can you show the current ASPX markup that you are using for the GridView? Also, how are you binding the information to the Grid? We will need to know these things before we are able to help you properly.

Gary

hi gary, I decided to change the design instead of doing batch. so the update button will be place inside the grid itself where the row will be updated one at a time.

update_button | Description | Status



HTML

Code:

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<asp:GridView ID="GridView1"  runat="server"  AllowPaging="True" AutoGenerateColumns="False" GridLines="None"  CssClass="gridview_leftpadding">
                                    <RowStyle BackColor="#F7F6F3" ForeColor="#333333" />
                                    <FooterStyle BackColor="#5D7B9D" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="White" />
                                    <PagerStyle BackColor="#284775" ForeColor="White" HorizontalAlign="Center" />
                                    <SelectedRowStyle BackColor="#E2DED6" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="#333333" />
                                    <HeaderStyle BackColor="#5D7B9D" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="White" />
                                    <EditRowStyle BackColor="#999999" />
                                    <AlternatingRowStyle BackColor="White" ForeColor="#284775" />
                                <Columns>

                                <asp:TemplateField  ShowHeader="False">
                                    <ItemTemplate><asp:Button ID="deletebutton" runat="server" Text="update" ></asp:Button>
                                    </ItemTemplate>
                                    <ItemStyle Width="5px" CssClass="gridview_leftpadding" />
                                </asp:TemplateField>
                               


                                <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Req_ID">
                                    <ItemTemplate><asp:Label ID="idlabel" runat="server"></asp:Label>
                                    </ItemTemplate>
                                      <ItemStyle Width="10px" CssClass="gridview_leftpadding"/>
                                </asp:TemplateField>
                               
                               
                                <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Description">
                                    <ItemTemplate><asp:Label ID="descriptionlabel" runat="server"></asp:Label>
                                    </ItemTemplate>
                                      <ItemStyle Width="250px" CssClass="gridview_leftpadding"/>
                                </asp:TemplateField>


                                <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Status">
                                    <ItemTemplate>
                                        <asp:DropDownList ID="statusDropdownlist" runat="server">
                                            <asp:ListItem>Approved</asp:ListItem>
                                            <asp:ListItem>Pending</asp:ListItem>
                                            <asp:ListItem>Closed</asp:ListItem>
                                        </asp:DropDownList> 
                                    </ItemTemplate>
                                      <ItemStyle Width="70px" CssClass="gridview_leftpadding"/>
                                </asp:TemplateField>
                                    <asp:CommandField ShowEditButton="True" />



                                </Columns>
                            </asp:GridView>

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VB

Code:

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    Protected Sub GridView1_RowDataBound(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Web.UI.WebControls.GridViewRowEventArgs) Handles GridView1.RowDataBound
        If e.Row.RowType = DataControlRowType.DataRow Then
            If e.Row.RowState = DataControlRowState.Normal Or e.Row.RowState = DataControlRowState.Alternate Then

                Dim _idlabel As Label = CType(e.Row.FindControl("idlabel"), Label)
                Dim _descriptionlabel As Label = CType(e.Row.FindControl("descriptionlabel"), Label)
                Dim _statusDropdownlist As DropDownList = CType(e.Row.FindControl("statusDropdownlist"), DropDownList)

                _idlabel.Text = e.Row.DataItem("id")
                _descriptionlabel.Text = e.Row.DataItem("itemdescription")

                _statusDropdownlist.SelectedIndex = _statusDropdownlist.Items.IndexOf(_statusDropdownlist.Items.FindByText(e.Row.DataItem("status").ToString))


            End If


        End If
    End Sub

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Hey,

Does this mean that you have it working now, or that you are still having problems? I am not clear.

Gary

hi,

The design is working the update button has empty code. I need to perform db update whenever the update button fires up.

Ah, ok, I see what you are saying.

Set the CommandName property of your button to Update.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...mmandname.aspx

This should fire the GridView's RowCommand:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...owcommand.aspx

Where you can then handle the updating of the DB.

Gary

hi gary, Its a perfect example just as needed. I can even add a dynamic search by rebuilding selectcommand property. But its bind sqldatasource to populate gridview. How is it possible to update rows through datatable? Is there an option to do this or I have to work on sqldatasource.

vb binding source

Code:

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GridView1.DataSource = this_helper.get_DataTable("select pk_itemid as ID,  itemdescription,[status] from qlpodetails")
GridView1.DataBind()

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It seems I cant find the right answer how this code work from the above hlink sample.

Code:

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CommandArgument="<&#37;# CType(Container, GridViewRow).RowIndex %>" />

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If I had a choice, I wouldn't use the SqlDataSource at all :)

What exactly is the problem that you are having? I would actually set the CommandArgument using the RowDataBound event of the GridView, rather than do it inline in your ASPX markup.

Gary

:) make sense at all. My apology but I get lost when you say

" I would actually set the CommandArgument using the RowDataBound event of the GridView"

I just follow the sample code and in general it work fine. I made some changes in populating gridview as the user require to dynamic search data.

Code:

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<form id="form1" runat="server">

      <h3>GridView RowCommand Example</h3>
     
     
    <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
    <asp:Button ID="searchButton2"
        runat="server" Text="Button" />
       
       
    <br />

      <asp:GridView id="EmployeeGridView"
        DataSourceID="EmployeeDataSource"
       
        DataKeyNames="employeeID"
       
        AllowPaging="True"
        OnRowCommand="EmployeeGridView_RowCommand"
        AutoGenerateColumns="False"
        runat="server">
        <Columns>
          <asp:BoundField DataField="Firstname" HeaderText="Firstname" />
         
             
          <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Last Name">
            <ItemTemplate>
              <asp:Textbox ID="lastTextbox" runat="server"
                Text='<&#37;# Bind("lastname") %>'>
              </asp:Textbox>
            </ItemTemplate>
          </asp:TemplateField>
         
         
          <asp:TemplateField>
            <ItemTemplate>               
              <asp:Button runat="server" ID="IncreaseButton"
                Text="udpate"
                CommandName="update"
                CommandArgument="<%# CType(Container, GridViewRow).RowIndex %>"

              />
            </ItemTemplate>
          </asp:TemplateField>
        </Columns>
      </asp:GridView>

      <!-- This example uses Microsoft SQL Server and connects    -->
      <!-- to the AdventureWorks sample database. Use an ASP.NET  -->
      <!-- expression to retrieve the connection string value    -->
      <!-- from the Web.config file.                              -->
      <asp:SqlDataSource id="EmployeeDataSource"
     
       
         
        UpdateCommand="UPDATE Employees SET lastname=@lastname WHERE [employeeid] = @employeeid"
        ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:NWConnectionString %>"
        runat="server" />

    </form>

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Code:

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    Protected Sub EmployeeGridView_RowCommand(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Web.UI.WebControls.GridViewCommandEventArgs) Handles EmployeeGridView.RowCommand
        If e.CommandName = "update" Then

            ' Convert the row index stored in the CommandArgument
            ' property to an Integer.
            Dim index = Convert.ToInt32(e.CommandArgument)

            ' Retrieve the row that contains the button clicked
            ' by the user from the Rows collection.
            Dim row = EmployeeGridView.Rows(index)

            ' Calculate the new price.
            Dim lastTextbox = CType(row.FindControl("lastTextbox"), TextBox)
            lastTextbox.Text = lastTextbox.text ' (Convert.ToDouble(listPriceTextBox.Text) * 1.05).ToString()

            ' Update the row.
            EmployeeGridView.UpdateRow(index, False)


        End If

    End Sub

    Protected Sub searchButton2_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles searchButton2.Click
        EmployeeDataSource.SelectCommand = "select [employeeID], [firstName], lastname FROM Employees where lastname like'" & TextBox1.Text & "%'"
    End Sub

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