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How to get cell value in a GridView on LinkButton Click Event? Or RowCommand?

I Have a GridView which conntains multiple records and couple of Link Buttons Named Edit and Detail. Now i want to Get the Name of the User (NOT Index), when a user click on Detail Link Button. Like "Name", "FatherName" etc
Here is the .aspx code
<asp:GridView ID="dgvEmployeesInformation" runat="server" CssClass=" table table-bordered table-hover table-responsive" DataKeyNames="Id" AutoGenerateColumns="False" OnRowCommand="dgvEmployeesInformation_RowCommand" OnRowDataBound="dgvEmployeesInformation_RowDataBound" AllowPaging="True" AllowSorting="True" OnPageIndexChanging="dgvEmployeesInformation_PageIndexChanging">
<%--1st Column--%>
<Columns>
<asp:BoundField HeaderText="ID" DataField="Id" ControlStyle-BackColor="#0066ff" Visible="False">
<ControlStyle BackColor="#0066FF"></ControlStyle>
</asp:BoundField>
<asp:BoundField HeaderText="Name" DataField="Name" />
<asp:BoundField HeaderText="Employee No" DataField="EmployeeNo" />
<asp:BoundField HeaderText="Father Name" DataField="FatherName" />
<asp:HyperLinkField DataNavigateUrlFields="Id" DataNavigateUrlFormatString="AddEmployeeBasic1.aspx?thid={0}" HeaderText="Update" NavigateUrl="~/AddEmployeeBasic1.aspx" Text="Edit" />
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Action" ShowHeader="True">
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:LinkButton ID="lbDelete" runat="server" CausesValidation="False" CommandName="Delete" Text="Delete"></asp:LinkButton>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
<asp:TemplateField>
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:LinkButton runat="server" ID="lbDetail" OnClick="lbDetail_Click" DataNavigateUrlFields="Id" DataNavigateUrlFormatString="EmployeesDetails.aspx?EmpID={0}" NavigateUrl="~/EmployeesDetails.aspx" HeaderText="Show Detail" Text="Detail"></asp:LinkButton>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
</Columns>
</asp:GridView>
Here is the lbDetail_Click Code
protected void lbDetail_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
GridViewRow clickedRow = ((LinkButton)sender).NamingContainer as GridViewRow;
Label lblUserName = (Label)clickedRow.FindControl("Name");
EmployeeID.EmpName = lblUserName.ToString();
}
When i put my program on Debugging mode, the lblUserName return NULL
Here is the picture.
What i want is that, when a user click on Detail LinkButton, then on lbDetail Click event, it gets the Name of the Employee and store it in a static variable. Following is the picture
I don't understand how to solve this problem. Please help me through this. Your help will be really appreciated.

I would just add data attributes to the details button then get it's values at code behind.
For example:
1.) Add new data-myData='<%# Eval("Name") %>' attribute and its value to button
<asp:TemplateField>
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:LinkButton runat="server" ID="lbDetail" OnClick="lbDetail_Click" Text="Detail" data-ID='<%# Eval("ID") %>' data-myData='<%# Eval("Name") %>' ></asp:LinkButton>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
2.) Get those data from event handler
protected void lbDetail_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
LinkButton button = (LinkButton)sender;
var name = (string)button.Attributes["data-myData"];
var selectedID = (string)button.Attributes["data-ID"];
Session["selectedID"] = selectedID ;
}

lblUserName is null because it's not a Label, but a BoundField.
What you could do it get the Cell value.
protected void lbDetail_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
GridViewRow clickedRow = ((LinkButton)sender).NamingContainer as GridViewRow;
Label1.Text = clickedRow.Cells[1].Text;
}
Or use a TemplateField that does contain a Label Name
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Name">
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Label ID="Name" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("Name")%>'></asp:Label>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>

Here is how your code should look:
protected void lbDetail_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
GridViewRow clickedRow = ((LinkButton)sender).NamingContainer as GridViewRow;
var username = clickedRow.Cells[1].Text;
if(string.IsNullOrEmpty(username))
{
return;
}
EmployeeID.EmpName = username;
}

How to get value of a gridview cell in this scenario

I have a link button inside a gridView as below :
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Analyze">
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:LinkButton ID="LinkButton1" Text="Analyze" runat="server" OnClick="LinkButton1_Click" />
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
I have the LinkButton1_Click function as below :
protected void LinkButton1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
testtb.Text = name;
Console.WriteLine(name);
}
This variable "name" is the first column of the GridView.I am obtaining the value for "name" as below:
protected void UnanalysedGV_RowDataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow)
{
DataRowView d = (DataRowView)e.Row.DataItem;
name = d["resultId"].ToString();
}
}
I want that on click of the link button the value of first column in that row of gridview becomes the text for the textbox testtb.
Somehow,the value for name remains null.
EDIT
I found out that probably RowDataBound isn't the correct event for my requirements because I need the value for each row.
So I removed the RowDataBound function.
I guess I have to handle this inside LinkButton1_Click itself.
I added this line to the function :
name = UnanalysedGV.SelectedRow.Cells[1].Text;
Still doesn't work.
Does anyone have any idea ?

You can do it using two approaches as mentioned below.
Handle click event of linkbutton through event bubbling code -
<asp:GridView AutoGenerateColumns="false" runat="server" ID="grdCustomPagging" OnRowCommand="grdCustomPagging_RowCommand">
<Columns>
<asp:BoundField DataField="RowNumber" HeaderText="RowNumber" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="DealId" HeaderText="DealID" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="Dealtitle" HeaderText="DealTitle" />
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="View">
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:LinkButton runat="server" ID="lnkView" CommandArgument='<%#Eval("DealId") %>'
CommandName="VIEW">View Deal</asp:LinkButton>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
</Columns>
</asp:GridView>
protected void grdCustomPagging_RowCommand(object sender, GridViewCommandEventArgs e)
{
if (e.CommandName == "VIEW")
{
LinkButton lnkView = (LinkButton)e.CommandSource;
string dealId = lnkView.CommandArgument;
}
}
Handle click event of linkbutton directly click event code -
<asp:GridView AutoGenerateColumns="false" runat="server" ID="grdCustomPagging">
<Columns>
<asp:BoundField DataField="RowNumber" HeaderText="RowNumber" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="DealId" HeaderText="DealID" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="Dealtitle" HeaderText="DealTitle" />
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="View">
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:LinkButton runat="server" ID="lnkView" OnClick="lnkView_Click">View Deal</asp:LinkButton>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
</Columns>
</asp:GridView>
protected void lnkView_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
GridViewRow grdrow = (GridViewRow)((LinkButton)sender).NamingContainer;
string rowNumber = grdrow.Cells[0].Text;
string dealId = grdrow.Cells[1].Text;
string dealTitle = grdrow.Cells[2].Text;
}
Hope this helps.

How can I select all data from GridView's current row

How can I select all data from GridViews current row..
I have a column for edit link in GridView. When "Edit" link button is clicked, I want to use that selected row's data. I am trying the following code, but it's returning me with an empty value
protected void gv_RowEditing(object sender, GridViewEditEventArgs e)
{
gv.EditIndex = -1;
GridViewRow gvRow = gv.Rows[ e.NewEditIndex];
string selectedID = gvRow.Cells[3].Text;
}
<asp:GridView runat = "server" ID="gvRange0" SkinID="gridView" AutoGenerateColumns="False"
AllowSorting="True" OnRowCancelingEdit="gvRange_RowCancelingEdit" OnRowDeleting="gvRange_RowDeleting"
OnRowEditing="gvRange_RowEditing" OnRowUpdating="gvRange_RowUpdating"
Width="684px" OnRowDataBound="gvRange_RowDataBound"
DataMember="DefaultView" OnPageIndexChanged="gvRange_PageIndexChanged"
OnPageIndexChanging="gvRange_PageIndexChanging" OnSorting="gvRange_Sorting" DataKeyNames = "RANGE_ID"
OnSelectedIndexChanged="gvRange_SelectedIndexChanged" Height="65px" >
<Columns>
<asp:TemplateField ShowHeader="False">
<ItemTemplate>
<ControlStyle Width="2px" />
<asp:LinkButton ID="lnkDelete0" runat="server" CssClass="lnk"
CausesValidation="False" CommandName="Delete"
Text="Delete" Visible="false"></asp:LinkButton>
<asp:CheckBox runat="server" ID="chkSelect" CssClass="lbl" Text="" AutoPostBack="False" OnCheckedChanged="chkSelect_CheckedChanged" />
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
<asp:TemplateField ShowHeader="False">
<ItemTemplate>
<controlStyle width="2px" />
<asp:LinkButton ID="lnkEdit" runat="server" CssClass="lnk" CausesValidation="False" CommandName="Edit"
Text="Edit" ></asp:LinkButton>
</ItemTemplate>
<ItemStyle Width="5px" />
</asp:TemplateField>
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Ranges" SortExpression="Sort_Ranges">
<ControlStyle Width="5px" />
<ItemTemplate>
<%#DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,"Min_Age") %>
<%# CheckNull(DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,"Max_Age")) %>
</ItemTemplate>
<%-- <ItemTemplate>--%>
<%--<asp:Label ID="lblStageName" CssClass="lbl" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("Age_Range") %>' Width="1px"></asp:Label>--%>
<%-- </ItemTemplate>--%>
</asp:TemplateField>
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Range ID">
<ItemTemplate><%#DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,"RANGE_ID") %></ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
</Columns>
</asp:GridView>
There are 4 columns in the GridView. One contains check box, second is link button for edit, third databound with some value, fourth is the column which I want to use to get some values from database(that is primary key there) and this column is hidden.

sometime in gridview cell create child controls.
you can try this code. may be solve it.
protected void gv_RowEditing(object sender, GridViewEditEventArgs e)
{
gv.EditIndex = -1;
GridViewRow gvRow= (GridViewRow)(((Button)e.CommandSource).NamingContainer);
foreach (TableCell Tc in gvRow.Cells)
{
//if you are not getting value than find childcontrol of TabelCell.
string sss = c.Text;
foreach (Control ctl in Tc.Controls)
{
//Child controls
Label lb = ctl as Label;
string s = lb.Text;
sb.Append(s + ',');
}
}
}

I've noticed that you say you need to access the 4th column but you're using gvRow.Cells[3].Text;
The indexing in the Cell object is done from 1, so if you need to access the 4th row in the grid view try this:
string selectedID = gvRow.Cells[4].Text;
EDIT:
Could you please confirm two things for me
1)When you click on lnkEdit is the GridView1_RowEditing event being raised?
2)If yes, is the e.NewEditIndex value always showing up as '0'?
Attempt clicking the edit link on different rows, is the result always '0'?

How to edit an entire column for all rows asp:GridView

So I have google'd and searched stackoverflow, and now my brain is overloaded. I am a novice at asp.net, but getting the hang of it.
My current requirement is to have a gridview where upon load, 1 column for all rows is immediately placed into edit mode. I used this question and code to get me going:
Allowing one column to be edited but not another
<asp:gridview id="CustomersGridView"
datasourceid="CustomersSqlDataSource"
autogeneratecolumns="false"
autogenerateeditbutton="true"
allowpaging="true"
datakeynames="CustomerID"
runat="server">
<columns>
<asp:boundfield datafield="CustomerID" readonly="true" headertext="Customer ID"/>
<asp:boundfield datafield="CompanyName" readonly="true" headertext="Customer Name"/>
<asp:boundfield datafield="Address" headertext="Address"/>
<asp:boundfield datafield="City" headertext="City"/>
<asp:boundfield datafield="PostalCode" headertext="ZIP Code"/>
</columns>
</asp:gridview>
I have searched and found a few good solutions, however, I do not fully understand them and have been unsuccesful at implementing them. They are:
Edit/Update a single GridView field
Put multiple rows of a gridview into edit mode
So my question is, how would you go about placing a column, (e.g, ZIP Code) into edit mode for all rows at the same time?
All help is appreciated!
Thanks!
Stephen

You won't be able to use the built-in edit functionality, but you can achieve this by loading the column in edit mode using a TemplateField:
<asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server" OnRowCommand="GridView1_RowCommand" ...>
<Columns>
<asp:TemplateField>
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("SomeColumn") %>' />
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
<asp:BoundField DataField="SomeOtherColumn" HeaderText="Foo" />
...
<asp:TemplateField>
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" CommandName="Update" CommandArgument='<%# Container.ItemIndex %>' />
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
</Columns>
</asp:GridView>
Code-behind:
protected void GridView1_RowCommand(object sender, GridViewCommandEventArgs e)
{
GridViewRow row = GridView1.Rows[(int)e.CommandArgument];
if (row != null)
{
TextBox txt = row.FindControl("TextBox1") as TextBox;
if (txt != null)
{
//get the value from the textbox
string value = txt.Text;
}
}
}
EDIT: Putting a button outside of the GridView, you would update like this:
<asp:GridView>
...
</asp:GridView>
<asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Update" OnClick="Button1_Click" />
Code-behind:
protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
foreach (GridViewRow row in GridView1.Rows)
{
TextBox txt = row.FindControl("TextBox1") as TextBox;
if (txt != null)
{
//get the value from the textbox
string value = txt.Text;
}
}
}

Accessing GridView data from a templatefield

<asp:GridView ID="gvGrid" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="False"
DataSourceID="dsDataSource" AllowPaging="True" PageSize="20" >
<Columns>
<asp:BoundField DataField="Field1" HeaderText="Field1"
SortExpression="Field1" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="Field2" HeaderText="Field2"
SortExpression="Field2" />
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="TemplateField1">
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Label id="lblComments" runat="server" Text=" i use a function to compute"></asp:Label>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
<asp:CommandField ShowSelectButton="True" SelectText="Complete" HeaderText ="Status" />
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Action">
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Button ID="btnComplete" runat="server" Text="Complete" onclick="btnComplete_Click"/>
<asp:Button ID="btnAddComment" runat="server" Text="Add Comment" onclick="btnAddComment_Click" />
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
</Columns>
</asp:GridView>
protected void btnComplete_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
String Field1 = gvGrid.SelectedRow.Cells[1].Text; // throws an error at runtime
//I want to be able to access the row data do some computation and then be able to insert it into the database
// Reason why I am trying to use it as a template field instead of a commandfield is because I want to make it not visible when it meets certain condition.
}
Also, it would be great if you could let me know a better way to do it, maybe using the command field and if there is a way to toggle its visibility. I don't mind using LinkButton either.

You can do it like this:
protected void btnComplete_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Button btn = (Button)sender;
GridViewRow gvRow = (GridViewRow)btn.Parent.Parent;
//Alternatively you could use NamingContainer
//GridViewRow gvRow = (GridViewRow)btn.NamingContainer;
Label lblComments = (Label)gvRow.FindControl("lblComments");
// lblComments.Text ...whatever you wanted to do
}

here is how you can access to the gridview row:
protected void btnComplete_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
foreach (GridViewRow row in gvGrid.Rows)
{
Label lblComments = row.FindControl("lblComments") as Label;
....//you can do rest of the templatefiled....
}
}