No Value for GridDataItem

[Mikhail]

Hello
I have a grid set up like so:

<radG:RadGrid ID="RadGrid1"  runat="server"  Skin="UCITGrid" AllowPaging="True"  AllowSorting="True" AutoGenerateColumns="False" DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1" EnableAJAX="True" GridLines="None" AllowAutomaticDeletes="True" AllowAutomaticInserts="True" AllowAutomaticUpdates="True" OnItemCommand="RadGrid1_OnItemCommand" PageSize="20">

<MasterTableView DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1" CommandItemDisplay="Top" CommandItemSettings-AddNewRecordImageUrl="../../RadControls/Grid/Skins/UCITGrid/AddRecord.png" EditMode="InPlace">

<CommandItemTemplate>
<asp:LinkButton ID="LinkButton2" runat="server" CommandName="InitInsert" Visible="true"><img style="border:0px" alt="" src="../../RadControls/Grid/Skins/UCITGrid/AddRecord.png" /> Add a New Program</asp:LinkButton>
</CommandItemTemplate>

<SortExpressions>
<radG:GridSortExpression FieldName="fldArchive" SortOrder="Ascending" />
</SortExpressions>

<Columns>

<radG:GridBoundColumn DataField="fldID" UniqueName="IDColumn" Display="False">
</radG:GridBoundColumn>

<radG:GridBoundColumn DataField="fldName" HeaderText="Name" UniqueName="NameColumn">
<ItemStyle width="70%"/>
</radG:GridBoundColumn>

<radG:GridCheckBoxColumn DataField="fldArchive" HeaderText="Archive" UniqueName="ArchiveColumn">
<ItemStyle width="15%"/>
</radG:GridCheckBoxColumn>

<radG:GridEditCommandColumn ButtonType="ImageButton" UpdateImageUrl="../../RadControls/Grid/Skins/UCITGrid/Update3.png"  EditImageUrl="../../RadControls/Grid/Skins/UCITGrid/Edit2.png"  CancelImageUrl="../../RadControls/Grid/Skins/UCITGrid/Cancel3.png" InsertImageUrl="../../RadControls/Grid/Skins/UCITGrid/Update3.png" InsertText="Save" HeaderText="Options" UniqueName="EditCommandColumn">
<ItemStyle width="15%"/>
</radG:GridEditCommandColumn>
</Columns>

</MasterTableView>

</radG:RadGrid>

I have this in my code behind:

Protected Sub RadGrid1_OnItemCommand(ByVal source As Object, ByVal e As GridCommandEventArgs)
    If e.CommandName = "Update" Then
        Dim dataItem As GridDataItem = CType(e.Item, GridDataItem)
        Dim name As String = dataItem("NameColumn").Text
        Response.Write(name)
    End If
End Sub

For some reason, the name string contains an empty string, when in reality, there is a value assigned to it. Is there something here that I'm missing?

Please let me know. Thank you!

[Princy]

Hi Mikhail,

Try accessing the edited value on clicking the update button as shown below.

CS:

 protected void RadGrid1_ItemCommand(object source, GridCommandEventArgs e)
    {
        if ((e.CommandName == "Update") && (e.Item is GridEditableItem))
        {
            GridEditableItem editeditem = (GridEditableItem)e.Item;
            string name = editeditem["NameColumn"].Text.ToString();
        }
   }

Thanks
Princy.

[Mikhail]

Princy,
Thanks for the reply. I tried exactly doing what you did but still I can't get the name value, it's still an empty string.

    Protected Sub RadGrid1_ItemCommand(ByVal source As Object, ByVal e As GridCommandEventArgs)
        If ((e.CommandName = "Update") AndAlso (TypeOf e.Item Is GridEditableItem)) Then
            Dim editeditem As GridEditableItem = CType(e.Item, GridEditableItem)
            Dim name As String = editeditem("NameColumn").Text.ToString
            Response.Write(name)
        End If
    End Sub

[Shinu]

Hi Mikhail,

Give a try with the following code snippet and see whether you are able to access the Edited text.

CS:

protected void RadGrid1_ItemCommand(object source, GridCommandEventArgs e)
    {
        if ((e.CommandName == "Update") && (e.Item is GridEditableItem))
        {
            GridEditableItem editeditem = (GridEditableItem)e.Item;
           string name= (editedItem["NameColumn"].Controls[0] as TextBox).Text;

        }
   }

Thanks
Shinu.

[Mikhail]

Shinu Thanks a lot, that worked!