[RESOLVED] GridView - How to refer to the row that is updating

[mikedp]

Hi,

I'm facing the following issue:
I have a gridview that allows updating. I only want to show the relevant fields to the user. As a result I hide the ID field of the records. But I need this value as a parameter for my update command.
Apparently the value is always passed as 0 when the field is set invisible. When the field is set visible, the right value is passed.
I know it is possible to refer to a selected row and its controls, to get their values, even for invisible fields. This is what I want to do when the row is updating, in order to get the ID value of the label control which holds the ID value.
How do I refer to the row that is updating? I experienced that the row is not considered 'selected', so the SelectedRow property of the gridview does not do the trick.

Tnx

[gep13]

Hey,

Can you show the code that you are using? Both the markup and the server side code?

Have you set the DataKeyNames property of the GridView?

Gary

[dnanetwork]

Try this one...

it also contains the code 4 downloading...

hope that helps...@

[mikedp]

Try this one...

Great... exactly what I was looking for...

Label s_lblID = (Label)GridView1.Rows[e.RowIndex].FindControl("lblID");

Now I can get the value from s_lblID.text
It was e.RowIndex I needed... so simple...

Tnx

[dnanetwork]

you are welcome....