Accessing a DropDownList inside a GridView

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Hi frnds,
i have a listbox and dropdownlist control inside the gridview control. I load the lstbox and dropdown. There's a problem in getting the values of dropdown and listbox selected values. I tried many codes but its not getting the appropriate selected values. It always gets me the first value.

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<asp:GridView ID="user_grid" runat="server" AllowPaging="True" PageSize="10"
        AutoGenerateColumns="False"
        onpageindexchanging="user_grid_PageIndexChanging"
          DataKeyNames="adminfilepath" onrowupdating="user_grid_RowUpdating"
        onrowdatabound="user_grid_RowDataBound">

     <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="SL No.">

      <%# Container.DataItemIndex + 1%>


 <asp:TemplateField Visible="false">

 <asp:Label ID="lblid" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("Content_id") %>'>


 <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="ManuscriptNo">

 <asp:LabeL ID="lblmanuno" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("ManuscriptNo") %>'>


  <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="UserName">

  <asp:Label ID="lbluser" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("UserName") %>'>


 <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="DateOfSubmission">

 <asp:Label ID="lblDoS" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("DateofSubmission") %>'>


 <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="ArticleName">

 <asp:Label ID="lbl_article" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("Articlename") %>'>


 <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="ArticleType">

 <asp:Label ID="lbl_articletype" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("Articletype") %>'>


 <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="FileDownload">

 <asp:LinkButton ID="lnkDownload" runat="server" CommandName="Download" OnClick="lnkDownload_Click">Download


 <asp:TemplateField Visible="false">

 <asp:Label ID="lbl_Reviewerfilepath" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("reviewerfilepath") %>'>


 <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="ReviwerList">

 <asp:ListBox ID="ListBox1" runat="server" SelectionMode="Multiple"  EnableViewState="False"   AppendDataBoundItems="true" >



 <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Status">

 <asp:DropDownList ID="drp_status" runat="server">
 <asp:ListItem Text="Select Status" Value="">
 <asp:ListItem Text="Accept" Value="1" >
 <asp:ListItem Text="Reject" Value="2" >



 <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Update">

 <asp:LinkButton ID="lnkupadte" runat="server" CommandName="Update">Update

Plz help !!!!

Posted 17-Aug-12 0:44am

echosound

Updated 17-Aug-12 1:12am

Tadit Dash (ତଡିତ୍ କୁମାର ଦାଶ)

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Tadit Dash (ତଡିତ୍ କୁମାର ଦାଶ) 17-Aug-12 6:51am

Please post your codes.

echosound 17-Aug-12 6:57am

<asp:GridView ID="user_grid" runat="server" AllowPaging="True" PageSize="10"
AutoGenerateColumns="False"
onpageindexchanging="user_grid_PageIndexChanging"
DataKeyNames="adminfilepath" onrowupdating="user_grid_RowUpdating"
onrowdatabound="user_grid_RowDataBound">
<columns>
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="SL No.">
<itemtemplate>
<%# Container.DataItemIndex + 1%>

<asp:TemplateField Visible="false">
<itemtemplate>
<asp:Label ID="lblid" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("Content_id") %>'>

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="ManuscriptNo">
<itemtemplate>
<asp:LabeL ID="lblmanuno" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("ManuscriptNo") %>'>

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="UserName">
<itemtemplate>
<asp:Label ID="lbluser" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("UserName") %>'>

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="DateOfSubmission">
<itemtemplate>
<asp:Label ID="lblDoS" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("DateofSubmission") %>'>

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="ArticleName">
<itemtemplate>
<asp:Label ID="lbl_article" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("Articlename") %>'>

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="ArticleType">
<itemtemplate>
<asp:Label ID="lbl_articletype" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("Articletype") %>'>

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="FileDownload">
<itemtemplate>
<asp:LinkButton ID="lnkDownload" runat="server" CommandName="Download" OnClick="lnkDownload_Click">Download

<asp:TemplateField Visible="false">
<itemtemplate>
<asp:Label ID="lbl_Reviewerfilepath" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("reviewerfilepath") %>'>

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="ReviwerList">
<itemtemplate>
<asp:ListBox ID="ListBox1" runat="server" SelectionMode="Multiple" EnableViewState="False" AppendDataBoundItems="true" >

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Status">
<itemtemplate>
<asp:DropDownList ID="drp_status" runat="server">
<asp:ListItem Text="Select Status" Value="">
<asp:ListItem Text="Accept" Value="1" >
<asp:ListItem Text="Reject" Value="2" >

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Update">
<itemtemplate>
<asp:LinkButton ID="lnkupadte" runat="server" CommandName="Update">Update

echosound 17-Aug-12 7:04am

i have also loaded my listbox ctrl from Db in the grid_RowDataBound event now ,How to get the selected values of the lst box

2 solutions

Solution 1

Check these
set dropdown list's selected value in another column inside Gridview

working with selected index change event of dropdown INSIDE GRIDVIEW[^]

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10935114/get-selected-value-from-drop-down-inside-gridview-on-update[^]

Posted 17-Aug-12 0:52am

Santhosh Kumar Jayaraman

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echosound 17-Aug-12 7:09am

i have also loaded my listbox ctrl from Db in the grid_RowDataBound event now ,How to get the selected values of the lst box

echosound 17-Aug-12 7:10am

this is my Source Code ...

<asp:GridView ID="user_grid" runat="server" AllowPaging="True" PageSize="10"
AutoGenerateColumns="False"
onpageindexchanging="user_grid_PageIndexChanging"
DataKeyNames="adminfilepath" onrowupdating="user_grid_RowUpdating"
onrowdatabound="user_grid_RowDataBound">
<columns> <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="SL No.">
<itemtemplate>
<%# Container.DataItemIndex + 1%>

<asp:TemplateField Visible="false">
<itemtemplate>
<asp:Label ID="lblid" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("Content_id") %>'>

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="ManuscriptNo">
<itemtemplate>
<asp:LabeL ID="lblmanuno" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("ManuscriptNo") %>'>

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="UserName">
<itemtemplate>
<asp:Label ID="lbluser" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("UserName") %>'>

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="DateOfSubmission">
<itemtemplate>
<asp:Label ID="lblDoS" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("DateofSubmission") %>'>

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="ArticleName">
<itemtemplate>
<asp:Label ID="lbl_article" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("Articlename") %>'>

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="ArticleType">
<itemtemplate>
<asp:Label ID="lbl_articletype" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("Articletype") %>'>

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="FileDownload">
<itemtemplate>
<asp:LinkButton ID="lnkDownload" runat="server" CommandName="Download" OnClick="lnkDownload_Click">Download

<asp:TemplateField Visible="false">
<itemtemplate>
<asp:Label ID="lbl_Reviewerfilepath" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("reviewerfilepath") %>'>

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="ReviwerList">
<itemtemplate>
<asp:ListBox ID="ListBox1" runat="server" SelectionMode="Multiple" EnableViewState="False" AppendDataBoundItems="true" >

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Status">
<itemtemplate>
<asp:DropDownList ID="drp_status" runat="server">
<asp:ListItem Text="Select Status" Value="">
<asp:ListItem Text="Accept" Value="1" >
<asp:ListItem Text="Reject" Value="2" >

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Update">
<itemtemplate>
<asp:LinkButton ID="lnkupadte" runat="server" CommandName="Update">Update

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Prasad_Kulkarni · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-17T00:55:00

Solution 2

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Posted 17-Aug-12 0:55am

Prasad_Kulkarni

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echosound 17-Aug-12 7:09am

i have also loaded my listbox ctrl from Db in the grid_RowDataBound event now ,How to get the selected values of the lst box

echosound 17-Aug-12 7:10am

this is my Source Code ...

<asp:GridView ID="user_grid" runat="server" AllowPaging="True" PageSize="10"
AutoGenerateColumns="False"
onpageindexchanging="user_grid_PageIndexChanging"
DataKeyNames="adminfilepath" onrowupdating="user_grid_RowUpdating"
onrowdatabound="user_grid_RowDataBound">
<columns> <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="SL No.">
<itemtemplate>
<%# Container.DataItemIndex + 1%>

<asp:TemplateField Visible="false">
<itemtemplate>
<asp:Label ID="lblid" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("Content_id") %>'>

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="ManuscriptNo">
<itemtemplate>
<asp:LabeL ID="lblmanuno" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("ManuscriptNo") %>'>

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="UserName">
<itemtemplate>
<asp:Label ID="lbluser" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("UserName") %>'>

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="DateOfSubmission">
<itemtemplate>
<asp:Label ID="lblDoS" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("DateofSubmission") %>'>

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="ArticleName">
<itemtemplate>
<asp:Label ID="lbl_article" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("Articlename") %>'>

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="ArticleType">
<itemtemplate>
<asp:Label ID="lbl_articletype" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("Articletype") %>'>

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="FileDownload">
<itemtemplate>
<asp:LinkButton ID="lnkDownload" runat="server" CommandName="Download" OnClick="lnkDownload_Click">Download

<asp:TemplateField Visible="false">
<itemtemplate>
<asp:Label ID="lbl_Reviewerfilepath" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("reviewerfilepath") %>'>

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="ReviwerList">
<itemtemplate>
<asp:ListBox ID="ListBox1" runat="server" SelectionMode="Multiple" EnableViewState="False" AppendDataBoundItems="true" >

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Status">
<itemtemplate>
<asp:DropDownList ID="drp_status" runat="server">
<asp:ListItem Text="Select Status" Value="">
<asp:ListItem Text="Accept" Value="1" >
<asp:ListItem Text="Reject" Value="2" >

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Update">
<itemtemplate>
<asp:LinkButton ID="lnkupadte" runat="server" CommandName="Update">Update

Manas Bhardwaj 17-Aug-12 8:21am

5ed. I am seeing this as trend on CP that they post the question without any tries/efforts.

echosound 17-Aug-12 8:24am

hey man i tried a lot if u have any suggestion just send me k