I have a an ASP:DataGrid which is populated with its DataTable

One column has a number 1-3 in it, which determined one of two values to be entered.

1: Requires an EMAIL
2: Requires a PHONE
3: No requirement

Could someone advise how (perhaps a simple example) I can set the datagrid to edit the values in the email/phone columns, where required. So that the DataTable object in the server side code gets populated correctly.

Many thanks

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I would think that you'd code two columns, one for email, one for phone. Then you'd use the information in the 3rd column of the dataset but not for display purposes.

First, I'd recommend handling it as an enumeration so you don't have to deal with the magic numbers, stay semantic. Maybe something like RequiredData with Email = 1, Phone = 2, and Complete = 3. Then your code will be referencing RequiredData.Email, RequiredData.Phone, and RequiredData.Complete which will make your code much more semantic and maintainable.

Then you can use RequiredData.Complete to display each column as plain text. If RequiredData comes back missing a piece of information, then set that column to appear not as text (for one thing you don't have any), but a textbox instead. That allows you to immediately capture the data.

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I recomend to use an ComboBox in order to select ur options in ur grid

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Hadn't thought about that but if the Required data is a user input (show me the user accounts that are complete, show me the accounts that still need email, etc.) then a combobox is the best way to go.

If this is part of an admin panel, just throw them into an XHTML table and sort the items which need info first so they're easy to fill in.

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