[Solved] No textbox on edit when database value is empty

[Xin-Liu Yao]

Hi,

I just started using MVC (mvc 2 rtm) and the telelrik mvc grid (2010.1.309.235) a couple of months ago.  Currently, I'm running into an issue when performing inline editing.  I am using server binding on the grid, and when I edit a row, if any cell is NULL in the database I will not get a textbox for that cell in the edit row.  Is this expected due to the strongly type nature of MVC?

Thanks, Xin

[Atanas Korchev]

Hi Xin-Liu Yao,

I tried reproducing the problem to no avail. Find attached my test project. Am I missing something important?

Kind regards,
Atanas Korchev
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[Xin-Liu Yao]

Thanks Atanas,

After trying you code sample, I went back to my project and it looks like this was the guy causing the issue.  I was using a CellAction to write out a nbsp and after commenting out this block, the textboxes started to show up.

 

 

            .CellAction(cell =>
            {
                if (cell.Column.Name == "DefaultValue") {
                    if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(cell.DataItem.DefaultValue)) {
                        //Provid empty text when db returns null
                        cell.Text = Server.HtmlDecode(" ");
                    }
                }
            })

 

Xin