GridClientDeleteColumn vs GridButtonColumn

[Balamurali Venkatesan]

Iam trying to delete records from the radgrid.

I was using GridClientDeleteColumn and on the DeletedCommand had the logic to delete the records.

But the DeletedCommand is not getting triggered.

I chnaged the GridClientDeleteColumn  to GridButtonColumn and it worked.

Whats the difference betwen these two?Why don't we use GridClientDeleteColumn ?

Thanks
Bala

[Shinu]

Hi,

Deleting records  can be accomplished either by Performing the delete operation automatically by enabling automatic delete through a DataSource control or by executing the delete operation manually wiring theItemCommand or DeleteCommand event of the control.

    In addition to the server/ajax delete feature of Telerik RadGrid there is support for delete operation client-side. This allows you to delete records without making additional round trip to the server. In order to trigger client-sidedelete action you need to add GridClientDeleteColumn to the Columns collection.

Go through the following help document links to get more details on this regard.
Deleting records
Client-side delete


Regards
Shinu

[Balamurali Venkatesan]

Hi Shinu,
Thanks for the information.

I see like the GridClientDeleteColumn is used to delete columns from ClientSide.

Can we use GridClientDeleteColumn to delete records from database.

Bcoz when I used GridClientDeleteColumn,the DeletedEvent /ItemDeleted is not firing.

Thanks
Bala

[Daniel]

Hello Balamurali,

Appropriate server-side approach would be to either

use Autogenerated delete column

<telerik:RadGrid ID="RadGrid1" runat="server" AutoGenerateDeleteColumn="true" Width="800px"

or to use GridButtonColumn

<telerik:GridButtonColumn CommandName="Delete" Text="Delete">
</telerik:GridButtonColumn>

If you insist to use GridClientDeleteColumn you should handle DeleteCommand server-side as shown below:

protected void RadGrid1_DeleteCommand(object source, Telerik.Web.UI.GridCommandEventArgs e)
{
    //your code
}

Regards,
Daniel
the Telerik team

Check out Telerik Trainer, the state of the art learning tool for Telerik products.

[Balamurali Venkatesan]

HI,

Thanks for ur response. Actually when i use GridCleintDeleteColumn the RadGrid1_DeleteCommand is not firing.
I have set the AutoDelete to true for this one.

When i use GridButtonColumn ,RadGrid1_DeleteCommand is firing and iam able to write my delete code.

Just want to know why the DeeleCommand is not firing for GridCleintDeleteColumn

Thanks
Bala

[Shinu]

Hi Bala,

Generally GridClientDeleteColumn is designed to delete rows client-side and
submit these changes on the first post-back/ajax request. If you want to use
the delete command use normal GridButtonColumn with CommandName="Delete".

Shinu.

[Daniel]

Hello Balamurali,

The event will be fired only after a postback occurs. Otherwise you can catch the client-side event.

For your convenience I created a simple example. Please delete a column of your choice and then either click Refresh command item button or Postback button.

I hope this helps.

Regards,
Daniel
the Telerik team

Check out Telerik Trainer, the state of the art learning tool for Telerik products.