RadGrid inside Repeater and DataSource association

[archimede]

I'm associating by code a datasource to a grid inside a repeater control:

protected void Repeater1_PreRender(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        foreach (RepeaterItem item in Repeater1.Items)
        {
            //Dinamically generate DataSource and associate it to Repeater Item
            ObjectDataSource ods = new ObjectDataSource();
            ods.ID = "automaticDS";
            ods.TypeName = "MachinaWeb.Services.BO_ConfigurazioneProgramma_Parametro";
            ods.SelectMethod = "getAll";
            ods.UpdateMethod = "updateParametro";
            ods.SelectParameters.Add("_idCultura", DbType.Int64, HiddenFieldIdCultura.Value);
            ods.SelectParameters.Add("_idAzienda", DbType.Int64, HiddenFieldIdAzienda.Value);
            ods.SelectParameters.Add("_idGruppoParametro", DbType.Int64, ((HiddenField)item.FindControl("HiddenFieldIdGruppo")).Value);

            RadGrid radGrid = (RadGrid)item.FindControl("RadGridParametriConfigurazione");
            radGrid.DataSource = ods;
            radGrid.DataBind();
        }
    }

Pagination and all works correctly. Instead trying an update it seems we have some problems. No error is thrown but i can exit from update only with cancel and in debug I see it does not reach the update function code.. Why? How can I solve this?

[Pavlina]

Hi Archimede,

Note that simple data-binding through the DataBind() method can be used in simple scenarios which does not require complex operations like insert/delete/update, grouping, hierarchy relations, etc. You may take a look at the following articles on suggested way to populate RadGrid when using CRUD operations:

    - Advanced Data-binding (using NeedDataSource event)
    - Declarative DataSource

Greetings,
Pavlina
the Telerik team