ASP .NET, GridViews, SqlDataSource, and Guid Parameters

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:40:27 +0000

Another thing I ran into today. I actually ran into it awhile back but since I ran into it again today I’d thought I’d post on it to help anyone who happens to find it.

Problem

You have a GridView and a SqlDataSource that takes 1 or more Guids as a Parameter. You use the built in DataSource configuration and it doesn’t give any errors. However, when you actually run it and pass the Guid, you get this error:

ASP .NET GridView Access to Data In Code

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:52:38 +0000

There are situations where you want to gain access to the GridView’s DataSet to display extra information outside of the GridView. I found the following code to work the best for me. You can get the information from the DataSource of a GridView by doing the following:

DataView dv = (DataView)sdsDataSource.Select(DataSourceSelectArguments.Empty); if (dv != null) { try { strName = (String)dv.Table.Rows[0][“Name”]; } catch { strName = “N/A”; } }

You should be able to access whatever information you need from the DataView.

DataSource on Justin Carmony

ASP .NET, GridViews, SqlDataSource, and Guid Parameters

Problem

ASP .NET GridView Access to Data In Code