GridView and DropDownList

[Brian VanDyke]

I have to display a table with customer data (GridView). However, I want to
be able to show DropDownList controls inside one of the columns, not just
textbox controls. Is this possible? Is it possible to have all of the
controls active so that a simple click of the Submit button updates all
customer records with the data in those DropDownLists?

I was able to do this with classic ASP, but with a GridView control (perhaps
I need a different structure?), I can only edit one record at a time, and I
can only seem to get textboxes in the table, not DropDownLists.

If possible, I need the DropDownList to fill with data from a data source as
well. Thanks for any help.

-Brian

[Teemu Keiski]

Hi,

by using TemplateFields, you can put anything you want on a GridView row.
For example:

DropDownList inside a GridView (or DataGrid)
http://webthingsconsidered.blogspot....idview-or.html

shows how to populate a DropDownList on the row.

Basically if you update all rows, you'd iterate through the GridView at
Button's Click and update it to the database to by row. I've explained the
idea at simple level:

Understanding the naming container hierarchy of ASP.NET databound controls
http://aspadvice.com/blogs/joteke/ar...-controls.aspx
--
Teemu Keiski
AspInsider, ASP.NET MVP
http://blogs.aspadvice.com/joteke
http://teemukeiski.net

"Brian VanDyke" <br****@community.nospamwrote in message
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>I have to display a table with customer data (GridView). However, I want to
be able to show DropDownList controls inside one of the columns, not just
textbox controls. Is this possible? Is it possible to have all of the
controls active so that a simple click of the Submit button updates all
customer records with the data in those DropDownLists?

I was able to do this with classic ASP, but with a GridView control
(perhaps I need a different structure?), I can only edit one record at a
time, and I can only seem to get textboxes in the table, not
DropDownLists.

If possible, I need the DropDownList to fill with data from a data source
as well. Thanks for any help.

-Brian

[Walter Wang [MSFT]]

Hi Brian,

As Teemu said, you could use a TemplateField to use whatever controls
inside it. You can find some examples here:

#Using TemplateFields in the GridView Control
http://www.asp.net/learn/dataaccess/....aspx?tabid=63
(There's also many useful ASP.NET 2.0 Data Tutorials here:
http://www.asp.net/learn/dataaccess/....aspx?tabid=63)

Is it possible to have all of the controls active so that a simple click

of the Submit button updates all customer records with the data in those
DropDownLists?
I'm not sure if I fully understand your above question. Do you mean put all
rows of a GridView in edit mode and update them in a batch? If this is the
case, then you may find following example useful:

#Matt Dotson's .NET Tips & Tricks : Real World GridView: Bulk Editing
http://blogs.msdn.com/mattdotson/articles/490868.aspx
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Walter Wang (wa****@online.microsoft.com, remove 'online.')
Microsoft Online Community Support

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[Walter Wang [MSFT]]

Hi Brian,

Have you seen above replies? Would you please reply here to let us know the
status of this post? Thanks.
Regards,
Walter Wang (wa****@online.microsoft.com, remove 'online.')
Microsoft Online Community Support

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