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dotnetDeveloper · March 27th, 2009, 09:45 AM

I was wondering if anyone has ever done something like this before? I have a form with text boxes for the user to enter data for the fields that they want to search a database for records. Once the query returns records it populates a gridvie control with the records found. However, what I would like to do in addition to just returning the records to the gridview control I also want to populate the textboxes on the form with the first record found and have the first row of the gridview selected. Then if the user scrolls down on the gridview to the second record I would again like to populate the textboxes with the second record in the gridviiews data. Is this possible?
Thanks In Advance

gbianchi · March 27th, 2009, 10:16 AM

Hello. Yes this is posible. It will make a round trip every time the user change the row (very very slow!) but you can use ajax to avoid refreshing all the page so you can just refresh the textboxes...

dotnetDeveloper · March 27th, 2009, 10:22 AM

Could you give me something to get started?

gbianchi · March 27th, 2009, 10:37 AM

Like.. code? I will have to write it from scratch just like you ;). I don't have any here.

robzyc · March 27th, 2009, 10:40 AM

I'd recommend trying out some code for yourself then perhaps coming to the forum with the actual issues we have and then we can work to resolve them..

Problems like this can be quite time consuming for contributors to cobble together an answer (and likely not get it right first time) - so it's best to keep the iterations small :)

dotnetDeveloper · March 27th, 2009, 10:56 AM

Are you telling me this has never been done before????????????????
Why reinvent the wheel. I try to only code things that have a specific functionality not something this general. I guess I will.

robzyc · March 27th, 2009, 11:03 AM

Maybe, maybe not, I have no idea..

However, I'm all for not reinventing the wheel, but I think its important for our profession to at least try and build their own wheel so they understand what it is, how it works, and why it is important..

This is a forum, not a code repository ;)

dotnetDeveloper · March 27th, 2009, 11:40 AM

OK when I build my wheel I want share it with anyone nor will I give them some direction as to what all building my wheel entailed. I will just tell them yes you can do it. All I was asking is for maybe an article some things to think about before I dive into writing the code. And nothing in my post implied that I am looking for a code repository. Man I think your pathetic and dont comment on anymore of my posts please.

robzyc · March 27th, 2009, 11:48 AM

Well, you obviously have had a long week, I'm sorry to see that.

I apologise for not communicating clearly, I was merely trying to say:

- Start somewhere
- See where it goes wrong/what challenges you have
- Ask us for help with those
- Rinse and repeat

You're suggesting that I/we are trying to be unhelpful - we're simply saying that we don't have any such code, we know of none, so it may be best to just start and then see where it takes you.

I would say that would be much more useful to your cause rather than your last post :\

I would say you would prob want to get started with some Javascript stuff.. Think it would be better to push as much to the client as possible.. Looking at what you want to do, making it server-side would cause a LOT of chit-chat on the wire..

It may take some work (and debugging) but should be quite possible by hooking in to the DOM events and Javascript.. Are you expecting any of your user base to have javascript disabled?

Imar · March 27th, 2009, 12:32 PM

Wow, wow, wow, dotNetDeveloper: let's keep things friendly, shall we?

You've been asking vague questions before and some of us have asked you to be clearer with your questions. Don't go mad when people don't understand what you're asking, especially not if you are giving the impression you don't want to do the work yourself but rather copy and past from somebody else.

With this attitude you'll find that you quickly won't get any replies at all. When that happens, don't blame us for not being friendly, but blame yourself. Also, consider posting a follow up when somebody takes the time to help you. I quickly browsed over your last posts and on almost none of the replies you posted back. A quick "thanks, it's working" or a "I don't understand how this helps me" or "that got me in the right direction" is always appreciated. Yours is not the best attitude to have when you *ask other people to help you*. I, for one, almost have had it with you.

Imar