Show editable Gridview when value is selected from dropdown - c#

I have created a bulk edit gridview using Itemtemplate for each column. Label for non-edit mode, Textbox for edit mode. But this works only if the structure of gridview is known(Defining templates in asp).
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Name" ConvertEmptyStringToNull="True">
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Label ID="lblName" Visible='<%# !(bool) IsInEditMode %>' runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("name") %>' />
<asp:TextBox ID="txtName" ControlStyle-CssClass="wide" Visible='<%# IsInEditMode %>'
runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("name") %>' />
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
Now, what I am trying to achieve is when the user selects a dropdown value, the sql query is fired and it returns result. And this result is shown in gridview. But the problem arises because the number of columns in the result for each selected value from dropdown may vary. And i want to make the gridview as editable(or read-only). This requires two templates to be defined for each column.
So i want to know how this can be done dynamically i.e defining templates depending on number of columns returned by sql.

First off, you could trigger the query and following code with this event.
protected void DropDownList1_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
//insert code
}
For the issue of different templates, I might suggest using two GridViews. I've done this where I have two separate sets of results. If they choose a dropdownItem, it hides GridView1 and shows GridView2 (while querying GridView2.SqlDataSource).
Now are you querying different SQL Tables based on dropdown? Or are they querying from the same place?

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Create Dynamic ItemTemplate based on GUID column names

I have a process that pivots data to create columns based on the UniqueIdentifier key value. The resulting data table has column names such as:
> PartNum
> [DB1A6498-7CC6-4EA0-846A-9B6EAB771777]
The portion of ASP is:
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Part No.">
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Label ID="lblPartNum" runat="server" Text='<%#Eval("PartNum") %>' />
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Run Out">
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Label ID="lblRunOut" runat="server" Text='<%#Eval("DB1A6498-7CC6-4EA0-846A-9B6EAB771777") %>' />
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
The Part Number displays just fine, however field based on the uniqueID results in a message:
DB1A6498-7CC6-4EA0-846A-9B6EAB771777/ is neither a DataColumn nor a DataRelation for table .
I read through the data table columns to create the grid columns, which display fine, however when attemtping to dynamically create the ItemTemplate, the error occurs. Putting the brackets "[]" around the uniqueID in the label did not work either.
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks
Kevin...your response led me down the path of the brackets. Based on that, I found information about the DataBinder with the final result being that the Text property of the asp:label reads:
Text='<%# DataBinder.GetPropertyValue(Container.DataItem,"[DB1A6498-7CC6-4EA0-846A-9B6EAB771777]") %>'
This is displaying data from the uniqueID fields with no errors.

CommandName = Insert in EditTemplate of ASP.NET ListView throws "Insert can only be called on an insert item"

I am supporting a web application. In that, there are two tables - TaxCode and TaxRate. TaxCode has 1 to many relationship with TaxRate.
The UI has a ListView with LayoutTemplate, ItemTemplate and EditTemplate to show TaxCode. When the users selects a tax code in EditTemplate it shows a CutomGridView that allows the user to create or edit tax rates for that particular tax code. This CustomGridView has 3 rows each has 4 template fields as shown below.
<asp:TemplateField HeaderStyle-CssClass="highlightTitlebar" HeaderStyle-Width="5%" HeaderStyle-Height="30px">
<HeaderTemplate>
<custom:CustomImageButton ID="imgAdd" runat="server" ImageUrl="image/add_round.gif" OnClick="imgAddTaxRateDetail_Click" CausesValidation="False"/>
</HeaderTemplate>
<ItemTemplate>
<custom:CustomImageButton ID="imgEdit" runat="server" ImageUrl="image/edit.gif" CommandName="Edit" />
</ItemTemplate>
<EditItemTemplate>
<asp:ImageButton ID="imgUpdate" runat="server" ImageUrl="image/update.gif" CommandName="Update" />
<asp:HiddenField runat="server" ID="hfId" Value='<%# Bind("Id") %>' />
</EditItemTemplate>
<FooterTemplate>
<asp:ImageButton ID="imgInsert" runat="server" ImageUrl="image/insert.gif" CommandName="Insert" OnClick="imgInsert_Click" />
</FooterTemplate>
Each row in the CustomGridView is a template field. In, below image EffectiveOn section is CustomGridView,
When I try to save TaxRate with proper EffectiveOn and Rate, it throws "Insert can only be called on an insert item. Ensure only the InsertTemplate has a button with CommandName=Insert." error as the ListView doesn't have InsertTemplate. But the record gets inserted into the DB.
Please let me know if there is any way to resolve this issue?
The error is self explanatory.
Take a look at this: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.ui.webcontrols.listview.insertitemtemplate(v=vs.110).aspx
So you can do either of these things.
Create an InsertItemplate and insert using the ItemInserted event of the listview
Change the CommandName to CommandName="InsertData" and catch that event on the ItemCommand

Rowdeleteing event in Gridview

I have been trying to write this simple logic of deleting a row from the gridview and from the SQL database of the selected row, but keep getting a null reference to cell, which has the primary key [ID] in a field.
Here's my html:
<asp:GridView ID="grvInventoryEdit" runat="server" BackColor="White" onrowdeleting="grvInventoryEdit_RowDeleting"
onrowediting="grvInventoryEdit_RowEditing"
onrowupdating="grvInventoryEdit_RowUpdating">
<Columns>
<asp:CommandField ShowEditButton="True" />
<asp:CommandField ShowDeleteButton="True" /><asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Id">
<ItemTemplate>
<%#Eval("No")%>
</ItemTemplate>
<EditItemTemplate>
<asp:TextBox runat="server" ID="txtEditNo" ReadOnly="True" Text='<%#Eval("No")%>'></asp:TextBox>
</EditItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>........ </Columns> </asp:GridView>
And my back-end code for rowdeleting event is :
protected void grvInventoryEdit_RowDeleting(object sender, GridViewDeleteEventArgs e)
{
TextBox id = (TextBox)grvInventoryEdit.Rows[e.RowIndex].FindControl("txtEditNo");
Asset asset = db.Assets.Single(a => a.No == Convert.ToInt32(id));
db.Assets.DeleteOnSubmit(asset);
db.SubmitChanges();
binddata();
}
and when the event fires, this is what i am seeing while debugging:
I am not sure why i am getting a null value ,though, there is a value for that cell.
Could you tell me what i am doing wrong ?
Regards,
Might be it is due to the readonly property of textbox, not suer.
If you want to use the image button for edit and delete then use
protected void ibtnDelete_Click(object sender, ImageClickEventArgs e)
{
GridViewRow gvRow = (GridViewRow)((ImageButton)sender).NamingContainer;
Int32 UserId = Convert.ToInt32(gvUsers.DataKeys[gvRow.RowIndex].Value);
// delete and hide the row from grid view
if (DeleteUserByID(UserId))
gvRow.Visible = false;
}
For complete code see
You are passing TextBox object instead instead of Text property of TextBox
Asset asset = db.Assets.Single(x=>x.No == Convert.ToInt32(id.Text));
and your TextBox is also coming null means it's unable to find it in GridView, try like this:
TextBox id = e.Row.FindControl("txtEditNo");
Also see this CodeProject article to understand how to use ItemTemplate and EditItemTemplate
why are you adding a second commandfield instead of just enabling the delete button on the existing one.
if you are using a command field you should be supplying an compatible datasource that provides Delete functionality
if you're "rolling your own" delete functionality then just use a regular Button control and supply a CommandName and CommandArgument, such as CommandName="MyDelete" CommandArgument=<row number> where <row number> is supplied via GridView RowDataBound() event.
Regardless of how you choose to implement Delete you should be placing the key field in the GridView DataKeys Property and not as a field within each row. This will make obtaining the PK far easier than what you are trying to do
I guess, in my HTML, i have only the value that's bound to the item, is being displayed, and there are no textboxes in my <ItemTemplate>, hence, it pulls null value. Whereas, in my <EditItemTemplate> there is a textbox, which can pull the value from the cell.
So I changed my HTML to this:
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Id">
<ItemTemplate>`<asp:label runat="server" ID="lblEditNo" ReadOnly="True" Text='<%#Eval("No")%>'></asp:label>
</ItemTemplate>
<EditItemTemplate>
<asp:TextBox runat="server" ID="txtEditNo" ReadOnly="True" Text='<%#Eval("No")%>'></asp:TextBox>
</EditItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
and no change in my codebehind, and this resolved the issue.

Save all changes in DataList on button click

I have the following DataList-
<td>
<asp:Label ID="Label3" runat="server" Text="Exclude"></asp:Label>
<asp:DataList runat="server" ID="excludeTextBox">
<ItemTemplate>
<br />
<asp:TextBox ID="myTextBox" runat="server" Text='<%# Container.DataItem.ToString() %>'></asp:TextBox>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:DataList>
<td>
<asp:Label ID="Label4" runat="server" Text="Active"></asp:Label>
<asp:DataList runat="server" ID="activeCheck" >
<ItemTemplate>
<br />
<asp:CheckBox ID="CheckBox1" runat="server" Checked='<%# Container.DataItem.ToString().Equals("1") %>' OnCheckedChanged="CheckBox1_CheckedChanged" AutoPostBack="true" />
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:DataList>
</td>
So this is generating a textBox and checkBox for every row that exits in the database.
Currently there is no save action associated with the dataList, however if a user checks or unchecks one of the checkBoxes this calls a webservice and toggles the value in a data base table.
My question is, after a user has edited the text in some of the textBoxes and checked or unchecked some of the check boxes, how can I catch the changes in a save changes button. Because if the items have been dynamically created then technically they do not exist on the page. I want to do this without having a save option on ever row on the dataList.
protected void saveChanges_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// capture all edits and call update webservice method.
}
You'd essentially have to build the representation of the changes. Because there is no generic solution to this, I don't have any code, but here is the process:
As an item changes, you have to store what changed. You could store the indexes of the rows that actually changed in a hidden variable on the page, or store the changes in a JavaScript object. When save changes is clicked, on the client you then loop through these changes, and if they exist send them in bulk or one at a time.
If you had a hidden field with a value like 0,2,5 for each index that changed, you could easily find those items, grab the values from the form, and ship them off to the web service. Or, you could build a JavaScript object that has the changes like:
{ key: 2, checked: true, text:"My new text" }
Store these in an array, and push them up to the server through the web service.

TemplateField Not Updating In GridView using LINQDataSource

Im using a LINQDataSource to populate a GridView of Universities.
Each University has an associated State, which is in another table and associated by a foreign key (StateID).
I have a TemplateField in the GridView so that when you view it normally it displays the StateName which comes from the State table and when you edit it shows a DDL populated with everything from the State table.
<asp:TemplateField ConvertEmptyStringToNull="False" HeaderText="State" SortExpression="State">
<EditItemTemplate>
<asp:DropDownList ID="DropDownListStateEdit" runat="server"
DataSourceID="LinqDataSourceStates" DataTextField="StateName" DataValueField="StateID"
SelectedValue='<%#Eval("StateID") %>'>
</asp:DropDownList>
</EditItemTemplate>
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" Text='<%#Eval("State.StateName") %>'></asp:Label>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
If I debug, inside of RowUpdating, GridViewUpdateEventArgs.NewValues doesnt even have a key for State.
Question: How do I let my gridview know I want it to update this column? All the BoundFields just seem to work...
In EditItemTemplate you should use #Bind("StateID") instead of #Eval("StateID").

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