In this Article you can learn how to get a Selected Row Data from a DataList and display the data in textBoxes.
Introduction
In this Article you can learn how to get a Selected Row Data from a DatraList and display the data in textBoxes.
First Bind the Data to the DataList using SqlDataSource and drag and drop three textboxes on the Page.you can see the coding at the bottom in the page.
How to Create a ‘Select’ Link button on the DataList ?
In DataList for creating a Select link button on DataList you have write a code Explicitly.In .aspx source code write the code for creating a Linkbutton.
Select the DataList Events and double click on ‘EditCommand’ Event and write the below code.
protected void DataList1_EditCommand(object source, DataListCommandEventArgs e)
{
if (e.CommandName == "Edit")
{
Label lbname = (Label)e.Item.FindControl("nameLabel");
Label lbmarks = (Label)e.Item.FindControl("marksLabel");
Label lbid = (Label)e.Item.FindControl("idLabel");
TextBox1.Text = lbname.Text;
TextBox2.Text = lbmarks.Text;
TextBox3.Text = lbid.Text;
}
}
CommandName:- Gets/Sets the command name which is passed to the command event handler.To create a command button you need to add a command name to the button. You add a command name to the button with the CommandName property .
In the above code I use e.CommandName=="Edit".The CommandName I had used in <asp:LinkButton CommandName="Edit"> and EditCommand Event should be the same Text.
Below is the OutPut Image when the DataList Row Is Selected .
The Complete Source Code is as Follows:-
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="_Default" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>Untitled Page</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
</div>
<asp:DataList ID="DataList1" runat="server" BackColor="LightGoldenrodYellow" BorderColor="Tan"
BorderWidth="1px" CellPadding="2" DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1" ForeColor="Black"
GridLines="Vertical" Style="z-index: 100; left: 356px; position: absolute; top: 12px "
Width="280px" CellSpacing="4" BorderStyle="Double" OnEditCommand="DataList1_EditCommand" >
<FooterStyle BackColor="Tan" />
<SelectedItemStyle BackColor="DarkSlateBlue" ForeColor="GhostWhite" />
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:LinkButton ID="lnkselect" runat ="server" Text ="Select" CommandName ="Edit" ></asp:LinkButton>
name: <asp:Label ID="nameLabel" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("name") %>'></asp:Label><br />
marks:<asp:Label ID="marksLabel" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("marks") %>'></asp:Label><br />
id:<asp:Label ID="idLabel" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("id") %>'></asp:Label><br />
<br />
</ItemTemplate>
<AlternatingItemStyle BackColor="PaleGoldenrod" />
<HeaderStyle BackColor="Tan" Font-Bold="True" />
</asp:DataList>
<asp:SqlDataSource ID="SqlDataSource1" runat="server" ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:shakeerConnectionString %>"
SelectCommand="SELECT [name], [marks], [id] FROM [emp]"></asp:SqlDataSource>
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server" Style="z-index: 101; left: 463px; position: absolute;
top: 450px"></asp:TextBox>
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox2" runat="server" Style="z-index: 102; left: 463px; position: absolute;
top: 480px"></asp:TextBox>
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox3" runat="server" Style="z-index: 103; left: 463px; position: absolute;
top: 509px"></asp:TextBox>
<asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" Style="z-index: 107; left: 389px; position: absolute;
top: 450px" Text="Name:"></asp:Label>
<asp:Label ID="Label2" runat="server" Style="z-index: 105; left: 389px; position: absolute;
top: 480px" Text="Marks:"></asp:Label>
<asp:Label ID="Label3" runat="server" Style="z-index: 106; left: 389px; position: absolute;
top: 508px" Text="ID:"></asp:Label>
</form>
</body>
</html>
In .aspx.cs
using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page
{
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
}
protected void DataList1_EditCommand(object source, DataListCommandEventArgs e)
{
if (e.CommandName =="Edit")
{
Label lbname = (Label)e.Item.FindControl("nameLabel");
Label lbmarks = (Label)e.Item.FindControl("marksLabel");
Label lbid = (Label)e.Item.FindControl("idLabel");
TextBox1.Text = lbname.Text;
TextBox2.Text = lbmarks.Text;
TextBox3.Text = lbid.Text;
}
}
}
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