Introduction
This tip is about how to create a dynamic grid view (like Excel sheet) with template field and save input data into database. Sometimes, it felt that Excel sheet is better to input data whenever we select multiple data stores than a form.
Using the Code
Let’s start with database. Create a table named as user.
Creating Stored Procedure for the Table
Create proc SP_USER
@name nvarchar(200) ,
@name_desc nvarchar(500)
as
begin
insert into user (name,name_desc) values(@name,@name_desc)
end
Designer Source Code
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="index.aspx.cs" Inherits="Excelgrid.index" %>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<table>
<tr><td>
<asp:GridView ID="excelgrd" runat="server" CellPadding="4"
ForeColor="#333333" GridLines="None" AutoGenerateColumns="false" ShowFooter="true">
<AlternatingRowStyle BackColor="White" />
<EditRowStyle BackColor="#7C6F57" />
<FooterStyle BackColor="#1C5E55" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="White" />
<HeaderStyle BackColor="#1C5E55" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="White" />
<PagerStyle BackColor="#666666" ForeColor="White" HorizontalAlign="Center" />
<RowStyle BackColor="#E3EAEB" />
<SelectedRowStyle BackColor="#C5BBAF" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="#333333" />
<SortedAscendingCellStyle BackColor="#F8FAFA" />
<SortedAscendingHeaderStyle BackColor="#246B61" />
<SortedDescendingCellStyle BackColor="#D4DFE1" />
<SortedDescendingHeaderStyle BackColor="#15524A" />
<Columns>
<asp:BoundField DataField="Slno" HeaderText="SL No" />
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Name">
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:TextBox ID="txnm" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Description">
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:TextBox ID="txdesc" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
</ItemTemplate>
<FooterStyle HorizontalAlign="Right" />
<FooterTemplate>
<asp:Button ID="ADDBTN" runat="server" Text="Add New Row" OnClick="ADDBTN_Click" />
</FooterTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
</Columns>
</asp:GridView></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<asp:Button ID="btnsave" runat="server" Text="Save" OnClick="svbtn_Click" /></td></tr>
</table>
</form>
</body>
</html>
C# Code
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
using System.Configuration;
namespace Excelgrid
{
public partial class index : System.Web.UI.Page
{
SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["CONN"].ToString());
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (!IsPostBack)
{
bindgrd();
}
}
private void bindgrd()
{
DataTable dt = new DataTable();
DataRow dr = null;
dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("Slno", typeof(string)));
dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("Name", typeof(string)));
dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("Desc", typeof(string)));
dr = dt.NewRow();
dr["Slno"] = 1;
dr["Name"] = string.Empty;
dr["Desc"] = string.Empty;
dt.Rows.Add(dr);
ViewState["CurrentTable"] = dt;
excelgrd.DataSource = dt;
excelgrd.DataBind();
}
protected void addnewrow()
{
int rowIndex = 0;
if (ViewState["CurrentTable"] != null)
{
DataTable dtCurrentTable = (DataTable)ViewState["CurrentTable"];
DataRow drCurrentRow = null;
if (dtCurrentTable.Rows.Count > 0)
{
for (int i = 1; i <= dtCurrentTable.Rows.Count; i++)
{
TextBox tx1 = (TextBox)excelgrd.Rows[rowIndex].Cells[1].FindControl("txnm");
TextBox tx2 = (TextBox)excelgrd.Rows[rowIndex].Cells[2].FindControl("txdesc");
drCurrentRow = dtCurrentTable.NewRow();
drCurrentRow["Slno"] = i + 1;
dtCurrentTable.Rows[i - 1]["Name"] = tx1.Text;
dtCurrentTable.Rows[i - 1]["Desc"] = tx2.Text;
rowIndex++;
}
dtCurrentTable.Rows.Add(drCurrentRow);
ViewState["CurrentTable"] = dtCurrentTable;
excelgrd.DataSource = dtCurrentTable;
excelgrd.DataBind();
}
}
else
{
Response.Write("ViewState is null");
}
SetPreviousData();
}
private void SetPreviousData()
{
int rowIndex = 0;
if (ViewState["CurrentTable"] != null)
{
DataTable dt = (DataTable)ViewState["CurrentTable"];
if (dt.Rows.Count > 0)
{
for (int i = 0; i < dt.Rows.Count; i++)
{
TextBox tx1 = (TextBox)excelgrd.Rows[rowIndex].Cells[1].FindControl("txnm");
TextBox tx2 = (TextBox)excelgrd.Rows[rowIndex].Cells[2].FindControl("txdesc");
tx1.Text = dt.Rows[i]["Name"].ToString();
tx2.Text = dt.Rows[i]["Desc"].ToString();
rowIndex++;
}
}
}
}
protected void svbtn_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
foreach (GridViewRow r in excelgrd.Rows)
{
string des = (r.FindControl("txdesc") as TextBox).Text;
string nm = (r.FindControl("txnm") as TextBox).Text;
try
{
if(nm !="" || des != "")
{
con.Open();
SqlCommand sql = new SqlCommand("SP_User", con);
sql.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
sql.Parameters.AddWithValue("@name", nm);
sql.Parameters.AddWithValue("@name_Desc", des);
sql.ExecuteNonQuery();
sql.Dispose();
}
}
catch (Exception e1)
{
string error = e1.ToString();
}
finally
{
con.Close();
}
}
}
protected void ADDBTN_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
addnewrow();
}
}
}
Result of the above code is as shown below:
