How To Get The Values Of Selected Row From A Gridview Using ASP.NET

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Thanks a lot mate, i have a question, how can i store the selected row value into a variable string , i tried something like this "string var = Gridview1.SelectedRow.Cells[2].Text; " into Gridview1_SelectedIndexChanged event, but is not working. When i print it, the string value is empty. Can you help me please?

Hi Shakeer, I have a problem I have one gridview in that there are 4 columns namely "User ID","Description","Display Password","Change Password". I have put an Image Button in Change Password Column for each cell. Below the Gridview there are 3 text boxes. When I click on Change Password, the User ID of that particular row should be displayed in text box 1. How to do this in asp.net with C# and back end is MySql DB server.

Iam a beginner to ASP.net.Your coding is very useful to me. Thanks saravana

if i make the auto generate column as true means, i got the answer, but i bound the field means i cant able to access the cell text. please send me the reason of mistake.. c# : ------- protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { con.Open(); da = new SqlDataAdapter("select sub,film from tnames where main='Sathyam Cinimas'", con); da.Fill(ds); GridView1.DataSource = ds; GridView1.DataBind(); con.Close(); } protected void GridView1_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e) { TextBox1.Text = GridView1.SelectedRow.Cells[1].Text; } Design: ---------------- <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server"></asp:TextBox> <asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="False" onselectedindexchanged="GridView1_SelectedIndexChanged" onselectedindexchanging="GridView1_SelectedIndexChanging" Width="437px"> <Columns> <asp:TemplateField ShowHeader="False"> <ItemTemplate> <asp:LinkButton ID="LinkButton1" runat="server" CausesValidation="False" CommandName="Select" Text="Select"></asp:LinkButton> </ItemTemplate> </asp:TemplateField> <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Sub"> <ItemTemplate> <asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("sub") %>'></asp:Label> </ItemTemplate> <EditItemTemplate> <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("sub") %>'></asp:TextBox> </EditItemTemplate> </asp:TemplateField> <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="film"> <ItemTemplate> <asp:Label ID="Label2" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("film") %>'></asp:Label> </ItemTemplate> <EditItemTemplate> <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox2" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("film") %>'></asp:TextBox> </EditItemTemplate> </asp:TemplateField> </Columns> </asp:GridView> ------------------------------------------- i cant get any error and o/p also...... Asraf ali L ([email protected]).

can't able to access the cell text in grid view by using following coding ,please help me whats wrong this coding. i can't recive error and output also.... send the details of mistake. ----asraf ali l ([email protected]) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- protected void Gridview1_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e) { txtrowid.Text = Gridview1.SelectedRow.Cells[1].Text; } protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { con.Open(); da = new SqlDataAdapter("select * from tnames where main='" + name + "'", con); da.Fill(ds); GridView1.DataSource = ds; GridView1.DataBind(); }

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Nice ..easy to understand better... can u provide this concept in the csharp web application...

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