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<telerik:GridTemplateColumn Display="false" UniqueName="colClass" HeaderText="Class"> <ItemTemplate> <asp:Label runat="server" ID="lblClass" Text=<%# Eval("Class") %> ></asp:Label> </ItemTemplate> <EditItemTemplate> <telerik:RadComboBox runat="server" ID="cbbClass" DataSourceID="classesDS" OnSelectedIndexChanged="cbbClass_SelectedIndexChanged" AutoPostBack="true" EmptyMessage="--Select a Class--" Filter="Contains" DataValueField="Class_ID" DataTextField="Class" SelectedValue = <%# Eval("Class_ID") %> ></telerik:RadComboBox> <asp:RequiredFieldValidator runat="server" ID="cbbClassValidator" ValidationGroup="SessionSave" ErrorMessage="You must select a Class!" Text="*" Display="Dynamic" ControlToValidate="cbbClass" ></asp:RequiredFieldValidator> <asp:CompareValidator runat="server" ID="cbbClassValidator2" ValueToCompare="" Operator="NotEqual" ControlToValidate="cbbClass" Display="Dynamic" ErrorMessage="You must select a Class2!" Text="*" ValidationGroup="SessionSave" /> </EditItemTemplate></telerik:GridTemplateColumn><%----------------------- DATA SOURCE FOR DELIVERABLE -------------------------%><asp:SqlDataSource ID="SqlDataSource2" runat="server" ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:ITSConnectionString %>" DeleteCommand="DELETE FROM [Deliverable] WHERE [DeliverableId] = @DeliverableId" InsertCommand="INSERT INTO [Deliverable] ([DeliverableTitle],[CCIds]) VALUES (@DeliverableTitle, @CCIds)" SelectCommand="SELECT * FROM [Deliverable] WHERE ([DeliverableId] = @DeliverableId)" UpdateCommand="UPDATE [Deliverable] SET [DeliverableTitle] = @DeliverableTitle, [CCIds] = @CCIds WHERE [DeliverableId] = @DeliverableId"> <DeleteParameters> <asp:Parameter Name="DeliverableId" Type="Int32" /> </DeleteParameters> <InsertParameters> <asp:Parameter Name="DeliverableId" Type="int32" /> <asp:Parameter Name="DeliverableTitle" Type="String" /> <asp:Parameter Name="CCIds" Type="String" /> </InsertParameters> <UpdateParameters> <asp:Parameter Name="DeliverableId" Type="int32" /> <asp:Parameter Name="DeliverableTitle" Type="String" /> <asp:Parameter Name="CCIds" Type="String" /> </UpdateParameters> <SelectParameters> <asp:QueryStringParameter Name="DeliverableId" QueryStringField="DeliverableId" Type="Int32" /> </SelectParameters></asp:SqlDataSource><%----------------------- DATA SOURCE FOR COMBOBOX -------------------------%><asp:SqlDataSource ID="SqlDataSource1" runat="server" ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:ITSConnectionString %>" SelectCommand="SELECT [UserId], [DisplayName] FROM [Users]"></asp:SqlDataSource><%----------------------- THE DETAILS VIEW -------------------------%><asp:DetailsView ID="DetailsView1" runat="server" DefaultMode="Insert" AutoGenerateRows="False" DataKeyNames="DeliverableId" DataSourceID="SqlDataSource2" Height="50px" Width="125px" OnItemInserting="DetailsView1_ItemInserting" OnDataBinding="DetailsView1_DataBinding" OnDataBound="DetailsView1_DataBound"> <Fields> <asp:BoundField DataField="DeliverableId" HeaderText="DeliverableId" InsertVisible="False" ReadOnly="True" SortExpression="DeliverableId" /> <asp:BoundField DataField="DeliverableId" HeaderText="DeliverableId" SortExpression="DeliverableId" /> <asp:BoundField DataField="DeliverableTitle" HeaderText="DeliverableTitle" SortExpression="DeliverableTitle"/> <asp:TemplateField> <ItemTemplate> <telerik:RadComboBox ID="CCIds" Text='<% #Bind("CCIds") %>' runat="server" DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1" DataTextField="DisplayName" DataValueField="UserId" CheckBoxes="true"></telerik:RadComboBox> </ItemTemplate> </asp:TemplateField> <asp:CommandField ShowEditButton="True" /> <asp:ButtonField Text="Insert" CommandName="Insert" /> <asp:ButtonField Text="Update" CommandName="Update" /> </Fields> </asp:DetailsView> public string GetCheckBoxValues(string RadComboBoxName) { RadComboBox rcb = (RadComboBox)DetailsView1.FindControl(RadComboBoxName); var collection = rcb.CheckedItems; StringBuilder sbValues = new StringBuilder(); if (collection.Count != 0) { foreach (var item in collection) { sbValues.Append(item.Value); sbValues.Append(Delimiter); } if (sbValues.ToString().EndsWith(Delimiter)) sbValues.Remove(sbValues.Length - 1, 1); } return sbValues.ToString(); } // Get the comma separate values and insert them into the DB. protected void DetailsView1_ItemInserting(object sender, DetailsViewInsertEventArgs e) { string CCIds = GetCheckBoxValues("CCIds"); if (CCIds != null) { e.Values["CCIds"] = CCIds; } }