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Delete Records Overview

This is a common task that can be accomplished by placing GridButtonColumn with CommandName= "Delete" in the grid body.Basically, there are two available options:

  1. Perform the delete operation automatically by enabling automatic delete through a DataSource control (see this online demo for more details).

  2. Execute the delete operation manually wiring the ItemCommand/DeleteCommand event of the control.

The code section below demonstrates the second case. In this example the grid data source is stored in a Session variable:

<telerik:RadGrid RenderMode="Lightweight" ID="RadGrid1" runat="server" OnDeleteCommand="RadGrid1_DeleteCommand"
  OnNeedDataSource="RadGrid1_NeedDataSource">
  <MasterTableView AutoGenerateColumns="False" DataKeyNames="CustomerID">
    <Columns>
      <telerik:GridButtonColumn CommandName="Delete" Text="Delete" UniqueName="DeleteColumn" />
      <telerik:GridBoundColumn HeaderText="CompanyName" DataField="CompanyName" UniqueName="CompanyName" />
      <telerik:GridBoundColumn HeaderText="ContactName" DataField="ContactName" UniqueName="ContactName" />
      <telerik:GridEditCommandColumn UniqueName="EditCommandColumn" />
    </Columns>
  </MasterTableView>
</telerik:RadGrid>

In the code-behind you should handle properly the RadGrid1_DeleteCommand event.

private void RadGrid1_NeedDataSource(object source, Telerik.Web.UI.GridNeedDataSourceEventArgs e)
{
    OleDbConnection MyOleDbConnection = new OleDbConnection("Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0; Data Source=" + Server.MapPath("~/Grid/Data/Access/Nwind.mdb"));
    OleDbDataAdapter MyOleDbDataAdapter = new OleDbDataAdapter();
    MyOleDbDataAdapter.SelectCommand = new OleDbCommand("SELECT TOP 10 CustomerID,CompanyName, ContactName FROM  Customers", MyOleDbConnection);
    DataTable myDataTable;
    if (Session["DataSource"] != null)
    {
        myDataTable = (DataTable)Session["DataSource"];
    }
    else
    {
        myDataTable = new DataTable();
        MyOleDbConnection.Open();
        try
        {
            MyOleDbDataAdapter.Fill(myDataTable);
        }
        finally
        {
            MyOleDbConnection.Close();
        }
        myDataTable.PrimaryKey = new DataColumn[] { myDataTable.Columns["CustomerID"] };
        Session["DataSource"] = myDataTable;
    }
    RadGrid1.DataSource = myDataTable;
}
private void RadGrid1_DeleteCommand(object source, Telerik.Web.UI.GridCommandEventArgs e)
{
    string ID = e.Item.OwnerTableView.DataKeyValues[e.Item.ItemIndex]["CustomerID"].ToString();
    DataTable table = (DataTable)Session["DataSource"];
    if (table.Rows.Find(ID) != null)
    {
        table.Rows.Find(ID).Delete();
        table.AcceptChanges();
        Session["DataSource"] = table;
    }
}
Private Sub RadGrid1_NeedDataSource(ByVal [source] As Object, ByVal e As Telerik.Web.UI.GridNeedDataSourceEventArgs)
    Dim MyOleDbConnection As New OleDbConnection("Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0; Data Source=" + Server.MapPath("~/Grid/Data/Access/Nwind.mdb"))
    Dim MyOleDbDataAdapter As New OleDbDataAdapter
    MyOleDbDataAdapter.SelectCommand = New OleDbCommand("SELECT TOP 10 CustomerID, Address, ContactName, Country FROM Customers", MyOleDbConnection)
    Dim myDataTable As DataTable
    If Not (Session("DataSource") Is Nothing) Then
        myDataTable = CType(Session("DataSource"), DataTable)
    Else
        myDataTable = New DataTable
        MyOleDbConnection.Open()
        Try
            MyOleDbDataAdapter.Fill(myDataTable)
        Finally
            MyOleDbConnection.Close()
        End Try
        myDataTable.PrimaryKey = New DataColumn() {myDataTable.Columns("CustomerID")}
        Session("DataSource") = myDataTable
    End If
    RadGrid1.DataSource = myDataTable
End Sub
Private Sub RadGrid1_DeleteCommand(ByVal [source] As Object, ByVal e As Telerik.Web.UI.GridCommandEventArgs)
    Dim ID As String = e.Item.OwnerTableView.DataKeyValues(e.Item.ItemIndex)("CustomerID").ToString()
    Dim table As DataTable = CType(Session("DataSource"), DataTable)
    If Not (table.Rows.Find(ID) Is Nothing) Then
        table.Rows.Find(ID).Delete()
        table.AcceptChanges()
        Session("DataSource") = table
    End If
End Sub
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