Databind a list of child objects to a list in a Grid

[Simon]

I have a grid where I display records from a parent table.
When I edit the item I want to display a list of the parents child objects. I can do that easily by hooking in the itemdatabound and populating a listbox.
What I then want to do is allow people to add items and for the in form edit in the grid to save the child items as well as the parent.

Do I have to resort to a completely custom update and insert code or can I use some of the automatic updating and inserting functionality.

[Veli]

Hi Simon,

If you are using another RadGrid instance in your parent grid's edit form, you can surely use automatic data source operations by hooking the inner grid to a data source control. You can consider using the FormTemplate feature in RadGrid to have a greater control over the contents in your edit form. Note that the NamingContainer object of all the controls in the edit form is the GridEditFormItem that is your edit form. Using this you can access the parent grid and its items from inside event handlers of your edit form controls, if required.

Veli
the Telerik team