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DetailsViewDeleteEventArgs.RowIndex Property

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Definition

Namespace:
System.Web.UI.WebControls
Assembly:
System.Web.dll

Gets the index of the row being deleted.

public:
 property int RowIndex { int get(); };
public int RowIndex { get; }
member this.RowIndex : int
Public ReadOnly Property RowIndex As Integer

Property Value

Int32

The index of the row being deleted.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use the RowIndex property to determine the index of the row being deleted.


<%@ Page language="C#" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">

  void CustomerDetailsView_ItemDeleting(Object sender, 
    DetailsViewDeleteEventArgs e)
  {

    // Get customer ID and name from the Keys and Values
    // properties.
    String keyValue = e.Keys["CustomerID"].ToString();
    String customerName = e.Values["CompanyName"].ToString();

    // Cancel the delete operation if the user attempts to 
    // delete protected record. In this example, records
    // with a customer ID that starts with with "A" cannot
    // be deleted.
    if (keyValue.StartsWith("A"))
    {
      e.Cancel = true;
      MessageLabel.Text = "You cannot delete " +
        customerName + ". This customer is protected.";
    }
    else
    {
      MessageLabel.Text = "Row " + e.RowIndex.ToString() + 
        " deleted.";
    }

  }

</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
  <head runat="server">
    <title>DetailsViewDeleteEventArgs Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
        
      <h3>DetailsViewDeleteEventArgs Example</h3>
                
        <asp:detailsview id="CustomerDetailsView"
          datasourceid="DetailsViewSource"
          datakeynames="CustomerID"
          autogeneratedeletebutton="true"  
          autogeneraterows="true"
          allowpaging="true"
          onitemdeleting="CustomerDetailsView_ItemDeleting" 
          runat="server">
            
          <fieldheaderstyle backcolor="Navy"
            forecolor="White"/>
                    
        </asp:detailsview>
        
        <asp:label id="MessageLabel"
          forecolor="Red"
          runat="server"/>
            
        <!-- This example uses Microsoft SQL Server and connects  -->
        <!-- to the Northwind sample database. Use an ASP.NET     -->
        <!-- expression to retrieve the connection string value   -->
        <!-- from the web.config file.                            -->
        <asp:sqldatasource id="DetailsViewSource"
          selectcommand="Select [CustomerID], [CompanyName], [Address], 
            [City], [PostalCode], [Country] From [Customers]"
          deletecommand="Delete [Customers] 
            Where [CustomerID]=@CustomerID"
          connectionstring=
            "<%$ ConnectionStrings:NorthWindConnectionString%>" 
          runat="server"/>
            
      </form>
  </body>
</html>


<%@ Page language="VB" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">

  Sub CustomerDetailsView_ItemDeleting(ByVal sender As Object, _
    ByVal e As DetailsViewDeleteEventArgs)

    ' Get customer ID and name from the Keys and Values
    ' properties.
    Dim keyValue As String = e.Keys("CustomerID").ToString()
    Dim customerName As String = e.Values("CompanyName").ToString()

    ' Cancel the delete operation if the user attempts to 
    ' delete protected record. In this example, records
    ' with a customer ID that starts with with "A" cannot
    ' be deleted.
    If keyValue.StartsWith("A") Then

      e.Cancel = True
      MessageLabel.Text = "You cannot delete " & _
        customerName & ". This customer is protected."
    
    Else
    
      MessageLabel.Text = "Row " & e.RowIndex.ToString() & _
        " deleted."
    
    End If
    
  End Sub

</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
  <head runat="server">
    <title>DetailsViewDeleteEventArgs Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
        
      <h3>DetailsViewDeleteEventArgs Example</h3>
                
        <asp:detailsview id="CustomerDetailsView"
          datasourceid="DetailsViewSource"
          datakeynames="CustomerID"
          autogeneratedeletebutton="true"  
          autogeneraterows="true"
          allowpaging="true"
          onitemdeleting="CustomerDetailsView_ItemDeleting" 
          runat="server">
            
          <fieldheaderstyle backcolor="Navy"
            forecolor="White"/>
                    
        </asp:detailsview>
        
        <asp:label id="MessageLabel"
          forecolor="Red"
          runat="server"/>
            
        <!-- This example uses Microsoft SQL Server and connects  -->
        <!-- to the Northwind sample database. Use an ASP.NET     -->
        <!-- expression to retrieve the connection string value   -->
        <!-- from the web.config file.                            -->
        <asp:sqldatasource id="DetailsViewSource"
          selectcommand="Select [CustomerID], [CompanyName], [Address], 
            [City], [PostalCode], [Country] From [Customers]"
          deletecommand="Delete [Customers] 
            Where [CustomerID]=@CustomerID"
          connectionstring=
            "<%$ ConnectionStrings:NorthWindConnectionString%>" 
          runat="server"/>
            
      </form>
  </body>
</html>

Remarks

Use the RowIndex property to determine the index of the row being deleted. The row index is often used to retrieve the specified row from the Rows collection of the DetailsView control, which allows you to access the row's properties.

Applies to

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