GridAttachmentColumn does not insert

[tony]

i have a radgrid with a gridattachmentcolumn column. the grid is bound to an entitydatasource having the 3 columns stipulated in the documentation - FileName, DataText, and Attachment, the last being a varbinary(max) column.

<telerik:GridAttachmentColumn AttachmentDataField="Attachment"
    AttachmentKeyFields="ItemID,ForeignKeyID,AttachmentID"
    DataSourceID="ItemAttachmentEntityDataSource" DataTextField="DataText"
    FileName="attachment" FileNameTextField="FileName"
    FilterControlAltText="Filter column column" HeaderText="Attachment"
    UniqueName="Attachment">
</telerik:GridAttachmentColumn>

when i click add new record, fill in the three columns, the text columns are inserted but not the attachment. i thought that the insert would be handled by the grid, yet all of the examples for gridattachmentcolumn i have seen include a prodigious amount of code to handle the insert. do i need to manually insert the data myself? if so, what is the point of the column type? which event would be the best one to write the code? i am handling the insertcommand so would hope there are no objections to doing it there.

if indeed i am required to manually insert the data, please update your documentation to stress this point. if radgrid can declaratively handle my scenario, are there any reasons why my insert is failing?

[Andrey]

Hi,

Yes, the GridAttachmentColumn could not perform automatic CRUD operations even though they are allowed on the datasource. As described in the description of this online demo application this is due the fact that the GridAttachmentColumnEditor could not extract the binary data automatically and thus the ExtractValuesFromItem method could not be used for this column type.


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Kind regards,
Andrey
the Telerik team

[tony]

that is interesting....the gridbinaryimagecolumn works automatically so i was expecting this control to follow suit. perhaps an enhancement could be made to do so.

could i use gridbinaryimagecolumn to upload word, pdf, and other non-image data? i am thinking yes, but am too busy to find the answer experimentally :-o...thanks

[Bill]

I agree the File Attachment column is too convoluted and confusing, I wish there was an easier demo to follow or something that allowed CRUD to work better.  I have noticed other having difficulty with the online demo from other posts.

[Andrey]

Hello,

Thank you for your suggestions. It is always greatly appreciated to get some first-hand feedback. I will redirect your suggestion to our Dev team for consideration, and we will do what we can to improve this experience.

Regards,
Andrey
the Telerik team