Hello every one, I need help... I have a gridview control and I want to make the entire rows selectable, that is all the colums in a row,I do not want to use a select link or button.not only that, I want to pass the value of the id field of the selected row in a query string. I know how to do this if I were to use a select link in each row,but this it isn't what I want. Thank you

I think I can help though I'm not sure how "I want to make the entire rows selectable, that is all the colums in a row" is different from selecting a row. So let me back up a step and maybe it will take care of your question or you can provide more details.

When you create a GridView, it's because you want to display and / or edit information, so you've got the right tool for that job. Now, it sounds like you want to be able to 1) select the row and 2) pass it's ID into the query string so you can operate on the row on another page.

I think all you need to do is grab the (this is from memory mind you) Item_Selected(??) event handler and execute something like this...

Then you can pick the query parameter up on the redirected page and proceed from there.

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Yes I understand what u mean, infact I did that but using a select hyperlink in the itemtemplate of the grid like this
<asp:TemplateField>
<ItemTemplate>

<asp:HyperLink NavigateUrl='<%#"~/General/Generic.aspx?MembershipId="+Eval("MembershipId")%>' ID="HyperLink1" runat="server">Select</asp:HyperLink>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>

However, this is not what I want, I want to make the row selectable and not a hyperlink in the row, then I want to pass the Id field to another page..

Please I would also need a sample code for clearity. I tried using the RowDataBound event of the gridview to make the row selectable (see code below), but I got an error saying
“The name ClientScript” does not exist in the current context and secondly
If this method works, I do not understand how I could pass the id in query string since there isnt any field like the hyperlink this time: please see the code below, Thanks.

protected void GridViewMembers_RowDataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow)
{
e.Row.Attributes["onmouseover"] = "this.style.cursor='hand';this.style.textDecoratio n='underline';";
e.Row.Attributes["onmouseout"] = "this.style.textDecoration='none';";

e.Row.Attributes["onclick"] = ClientScript.GetPostBackClientHyperlink(this.GridViewMembers, "Select$" + e.Row.RowIndex);
}

}