The expression contains invalid date constant '# = 1438680))'.

[Matthew]

Greetings,

I'm using the RadGrid in a Sharepoint web part. I'm building the grid programatically. I'm trying a hieracal grid and have run into a problem. 

I get the master table displayed ok, however when I try to expand the a master record I get the SyntaxErrorException:The expression contains invalid date constant '# = 1438680))'.  (The number is the order key)

The primary key for both result sets have a # in the field name. Is that going to be an issue?

Here is how the grid id built:

 myRadGrid = New RadGrid
            myRadGrid.ID = "RADMan"
            myRadGrid.MasterTableView.DataKeyNames = New String() {"WHORD#", "WHLSUF"}
            myRadGrid.Skin = "Office2007"
            myRadGrid.Width = Unit.Percentage(100)

            myRadGrid.AllowPaging = True
            myRadGrid.AutoGenerateColumns = False
            'Master table - Customers (I in hierarchy level)
            myRadGrid.MasterTableView.PageSize = 15
            'Add columnsn
            Dim boundColumn As GridBoundColumn
            boundColumn = New GridBoundColumn()
            boundColumn.DataField = "WHORD#"
            boundColumn.HeaderText = "Order#"
            myRadGrid.MasterTableView.Columns.Add(boundColumn)
            boundColumn = New GridBoundColumn()
            boundColumn.DataField = "WHLSUF"
            boundColumn.HeaderText = "Suffix"
            myRadGrid.MasterTableView.Columns.Add(boundColumn)
            boundColumn = New GridBoundColumn()
            boundColumn.DataField = "WHSPO#"
            boundColumn.HeaderText = "PO #"
            myRadGrid.MasterTableView.Columns.Add(boundColumn)
            boundColumn = New GridBoundColumn()
            boundColumn.DataField = "WHOTYP"
            boundColumn.HeaderText = "Type"
            myRadGrid.MasterTableView.Columns.Add(boundColumn)
            'chr
            'Detail table - Orders (II in hierarchy level)
            '
            Dim tableViewOrders As New GridTableView(myRadGrid)
            tableViewOrders.Name = "OrderDetails"
            tableViewOrders.DataKeyNames = New String() {"W6ORD#"}
            Dim relationFields As GridRelationFields = New GridRelationFields()
            relationFields.MasterKeyField = "WHORD#"
            relationFields.DetailKeyField = "W6ORD#"
            tableViewOrders.ParentTableRelation.Add(relationFields)
            myRadGrid.MasterTableView.DetailTables.Add(tableViewOrders)
            ''Add columns
            boundColumn = New GridBoundColumn
            boundColumn.DataField = "W6ORD#"
            boundColumn.HeaderText = "W6ORD#"
            tableViewOrders.Columns.Add(boundColumn)
            boundColumn = New GridBoundColumn
            boundColumn.DataField = "WDPNS"
            boundColumn.HeaderText = "WDPNS"
            tableViewOrders.Columns.Add(boundColumn)
            boundColumn = New GridBoundColumn
            boundColumn.DataField = "WMDESC"
            boundColumn.HeaderText = "WMDESC"
            tableViewOrders.Columns.Add(boundColumn)
            boundColumn = New GridBoundColumn
            boundColumn.DataField = "W6SUFX"
            boundColumn.HeaderText = "W6SUFX"
            tableViewOrders.Columns.Add(boundColumn)

Here are the event handlers:

        Protected Sub MyRadGrid_NeedDataSource(ByVal [source] As Object, ByVal e As Telerik.Web.UI.GridNeedDataSourceEventArgs) Handles myRadGrid.NeedDataSource
            If Not e.IsFromDetailTable Then
                myRadGrid.DataSource = GetOrderHeader() 'GetHeaderDetails("1446551", "00")
            End If
        End Sub

    Private Sub myRadGrid_DetailTableDataBind(ByVal source As Object, ByVal e As GridDetailTableDataBindEventArgs) Handles myRadGrid.DetailTableDataBind
            Dim dataItem As GridDataItem = CType(e.DetailTableView.ParentItem, GridDataItem)
            Select e.DetailTableView.Name
                Case "OrderDetails"
                    Dim OrderID As String = dataItem.GetDataKeyValue("WHORD#").ToString
                    Dim Suffix As String = dataItem.GetDataKeyValue("WHLSUF").ToString
                    e.DetailTableView.DataSource = GetHeaderDetails(OrderID, Suffix)
                Case "ItemDetails"
            End Select
        End Sub

And then here is the spewer from Sharepoint:

[SyntaxErrorException: The expression contains invalid date constant '# = 1438680))'.]
   System.Data.ExpressionParser.ScanDate() +2881845
   System.Data.ExpressionParser.Scan() +212
   System.Data.ExpressionParser.Parse() +88
   System.Data.DataExpression..ctor(DataTable table, String expression, Type type) +154
   System.Data.DataView.set_RowFilter(String value) +188
   System.Data.LinqDataView.set_RowFilter(String value) +63
   Telerik.Web.UI.GridEnumerableFromDataView.PerformTransformation() +3816
   Telerik.Web.UI.GridEnumerableFromDataView.TransformEnumerable() +24
   Telerik.Web.UI.GridTableView.GetEnumerator(Boolean useDataSource, GridEnumerableBase resolvedDataSource, ArrayList dataKeysArray) +164
   Telerik.Web.UI.GridTableView.CreateControlHierarchy(Boolean useDataSource) +229
   Telerik.Web.UI.GridTableView.CreateChildControls(IEnumerable dataSource, Boolean useDataSource) +672
   System.Web.UI.WebControls.CompositeDataBoundControl.PerformDataBinding(IEnumerable data) +72
   System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataBoundControl.OnDataSourceViewSelectCallback(IEnumerable data) +147
   System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataBoundControl.PerformSelect() +261
   Telerik.Web.UI.GridTableView.PerformSelect() +9
   Telerik.Web.UI.GridTableView.DataBind() +363
   Telerik.Web.UI.GridDataItem.OnExpand() +462
   Telerik.Web.UI.RadGrid.OnBubbleEvent(Object source, EventArgs e) +185
   System.Web.UI.Control.RaiseBubbleEvent(Object source, EventArgs args) +70
   Telerik.Web.UI.GridItem.OnBubbleEvent(Object source, EventArgs e) +142
   System.Web.UI.Control.RaiseBubbleEvent(Object source, EventArgs args) +70
   System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(IPostBackEventHandler sourceControl, String eventArgument) +29
   System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +2981

Anyone have any idea what could be causing this exception? I'm so darn close to getting this to work.

Thanks for any help.

-Matt

[Vlad]

Hi Matthew,

Unfortunately the grid will not able to handle properly fields with such names. Possible workaround is to prepare new calculated field without "#" for your data source.

Best wishes,
Vlad
the Telerik team

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