Hello all!

I fear I may be in a little over my head, but I am trying to accomplish the following:

I have a gridview control to which I am binding data manually (using a bit of SQL & VB in a code-behind file).

Within the gridview, I have several template columns for user input, one of which is a drop-down being populated as part of the aforementioned SQL & VB code-behind.

I should also mention that the gridview is being used to display a summary of the data in question & then perform a bulk update of that data (in groups as specified by the users selection).

Because I am populating the gridview in this way, I am unable to use the canned "select" functionality of the gridview control, but I still need to use the update functionality.

Can someone please tell me how I can go about doing this?

If it is not possible to do this, then I will have a question about programmatically accessing cells within a row, but I will save that for if/when it is needed.

For more details on what is in the code-behind, look at this article: http://www.gridviewguy.com/ArticleDe...?articleID=125

I have adapted this for my own use & it is working quite well (except for the above stumbling block...).

Thanks!

hi there..

if I understand correct, you are looking for a way to start the edition mode prog.???
if I'm right, you can do something like this to start the edition mode:
gridview.EditIndex = e.CommandArgument (since you need the row number to edit). You can use it inside the rowcommand function..

use
gridview.EditIndex = -1 to cancel edition.

HTH

Gonzalo

Thx for the response Gonzalo, & I apologize for not being clearer on what I am trying to accomplish. Let me try again:

I have attempted to circumvent the "Select" portion of the SQLDataSource control on the page by only specifying the "Update" details. However, when I do that & try to view the page, I get the message "Both DataSource and DataSourceID are defined on 'grdBulkOrderAssign'. Remove one definition." where "grdBulkOrderAssign" is the SP.

I just added a link in my original post to an article that I have adapted for use with this gridview. Within that code, I am binding to the gridview programmatically (on page_load) & the .NET framework doesn't seem to like that I am (in essence) trying to bind two separate sources to the gridview at the same time (once using a SQLDataSource control & once on page_load).

Then again, perhaps I am going about this the wrong way...

The requirements for this page are:

1) Provide a summary of the data in question, grouped by several fields.
2) Provide the user with a way to input several pieces of data on a row-by-row basis:
   - A date
   - A drop-down list (custom populated for the current row)
   - A textbox
3) Provide a button that will call a SP, passing in the data from the current row.

I used the above link, since it was the only way I could find to custom-fill the drop-down list, based on the data in the corresponding row. If there is a different technique that will give me the same results & allow for using the SQLDataSource, then I would gladly change my code to do so.

I should warn you, I am rather new to ASP.NET, so if you could provide article links, code snippets, etc. I would be very grateful.

Thanks for your help!

Phil