FormView.UpdateItem(Boolean) Method
Definition
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Updates the current record in the data source.
public:
virtual void UpdateItem(bool causesValidation);public virtual void UpdateItem (bool causesValidation);abstract member UpdateItem : bool -> unit
override this.UpdateItem : bool -> unitPublic Overridable Sub UpdateItem (causesValidation As Boolean)Parameters
- causesValidation
- Boolean
true to perform page validation when the method is called; otherwise false.
Exceptions
This method is called when the FormView control is not in edit mode.
-or-
The DataSourceView object associated with the FormView control is null.
Examples
The following example demonstrates how to use the UpdateItem method to programmatically update the current record in a FormView control in the data source.
<%@ 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 UpdateButton_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
{
try
{
// Use the UpdateItem method to programmatically update
// the current record in the FormView control.
EmployeeFormView.UpdateItem(true);
MessageLabel.Text = "";
}
catch (HttpException ex)
{
MessageLabel.Text = "The FormView control must be in edit mode to update a record.";
}
}
void CancelButton_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// Return the FormView control to read-only
// mode.
EmployeeFormView.ChangeMode(FormViewMode.ReadOnly);
MessageLabel.Text = "";
}
</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>FormView UpdateItem Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<h3>FormView UpdateItem Example</h3>
<asp:formview id="EmployeeFormView"
datasourceid="EmployeeSource"
allowpaging="true"
datakeynames="EmployeeID"
emptydatatext="No employees found."
runat="server">
<itemtemplate>
<table>
<tr>
<td rowspan="6">
<asp:image id="EmployeeImage"
imageurl='<%# Eval("PhotoPath") %>'
alternatetext='<%# Eval("LastName") %>'
runat="server"/>
</td>
<td colspan="2">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b>Name:</b>
</td>
<td>
<%# Eval("FirstName") %> <%# Eval("LastName") %>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b>Title:</b>
</td>
<td>
<%# Eval("Title") %>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height:150" valign="top">
<td>
<b>Address:</b>
</td>
<td>
<%# Eval("Address") %><br/>
<%# Eval("City") %> <%# Eval("Region") %>
<%# Eval("PostalCode") %><br/>
<%# Eval("Country") %>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<asp:linkbutton id="Edit"
text="Edit"
commandname="Edit"
runat="server"/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</itemtemplate>
<edititemtemplate>
<table>
<tr>
<td rowspan="6">
<asp:image id="EmployeeEditImage"
imageurl='<%# Eval("PhotoPath") %>'
alternatetext='<%# Eval("LastName") %>'
runat="server"/>
</td>
<td colspan="2">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b><asp:Label runat="server"
AssociatedControlID="FirstNameUpdateTextBox"
Text="Name" />:</b>
</td>
<td>
<asp:textbox id="FirstNameUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("FirstName") %>'
accesskey="n" tabindex="1" runat="server"/>
<asp:textbox id="LastNameUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("LastName") %>'
accesskey="l" tabindex="2" runat="server"/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b><asp:Label runat="server"
AssociatedControlID="TitleUpdateTextBox"
Text="Title" />:</b>
</td>
<td>
<asp:textbox id="TitleUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("Title") %>'
accesskey="t" tabindex="3" runat="server"/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<b><asp:Label runat="server"
AssociatedControlID="HireDateUpdateTextBox"
Text="Hire Date" />:</b>
<td>
<asp:textbox id="HireDateUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("HireDate", "{0:d}") %>'
accesskey="h" tabindex="4" runat="server" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height:150" valign="top">
<td>
<b><asp:Label runat="server"
AssociatedControlID="AddressUpdateTextBox"
Text="Address" />:</b>
</td>
<td>
<asp:textbox id="AddressUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("Address") %>'
accesskey="a" tabindex="5" runat="server"/>
<br/>
<asp:textbox id="CityUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("City") %>'
accesskey="c" tabindex="6" runat="server"/>
<asp:textbox id="RegionUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("Region") %>'
width="40"
accesskey="r" tabindex="7" runat="server"/>
<asp:textbox id="PostalCodeUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("PostalCode") %>'
width="60"
accesskey="p" tabindex="8" runat="server"/>
<br/>
<asp:textbox id="CountryUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("Country") %>'
accesskey="u" tabindex="9" runat="server"/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<asp:linkbutton id="UpdateButton"
text="Update" tabindex="10"
commandname="Update"
runat="server"/>
<asp:linkbutton id="CancelButton"
text="Cancel" tabindex="11"
commandname="Cancel"
runat="server"/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</edititemtemplate>
</asp:formview>
<hr/>
<asp:Button id="UpdateButton"
text="Update Record"
onclick="UpdateButton_Click"
runat="server"/>
<asp:Button id="CancelButton"
text="Cancel"
onclick="CancelButton_Click"
runat="server"/>
<br/><br/>
<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="EmployeeSource"
selectcommand="Select [EmployeeID], [LastName], [FirstName], [Title], [Address], [City], [Region], [PostalCode], [Country], [HireDate], [PhotoPath] From [Employees]"
updatecommand="Update [Employees] Set [LastName]=@LastName, [FirstName]=@FirstName, [Title]=@Title, [Address]=@Address, [City]=@City, [Region]=@Region, [PostalCode]=@PostalCode, [Country]=@Country Where [EmployeeID]=@EmployeeID"
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 UpdateButton_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
Try
' Use the UpdateItem method to programmatically update
' the current record in the FormView control.
EmployeeFormView.UpdateItem(True)
MessageLabel.Text = ""
Catch ex As HttpException
MessageLabel.Text = "The FormView control must be in edit mode to update a record."
End Try
End Sub
Sub CancelButton_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
' Return the FormView control to read-only
' mode.
EmployeeFormView.ChangeMode(FormViewMode.ReadOnly)
MessageLabel.Text = ""
End Sub
</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>FormView UpdateItem Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<h3>FormView UpdateItem Example</h3>
<asp:formview id="EmployeeFormView"
datasourceid="EmployeeSource"
allowpaging="true"
datakeynames="EmployeeID"
emptydatatext="No employees found."
runat="server">
<itemtemplate>
<table>
<tr>
<td rowspan="6">
<asp:image id="EmployeeImage"
imageurl='<%# Eval("PhotoPath") %>'
alternatetext='<%# Eval("LastName") %>'
runat="server"/>
</td>
<td colspan="2">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b>Name:</b>
</td>
<td>
<%# Eval("FirstName") %> <%# Eval("LastName") %>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b>Title:</b>
</td>
<td>
<%# Eval("Title") %>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height:150" valign="top">
<td>
<b>Address:</b>
</td>
<td>
<%# Eval("Address") %><br/>
<%# Eval("City") %> <%# Eval("Region") %>
<%# Eval("PostalCode") %><br/>
<%# Eval("Country") %>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<asp:linkbutton id="Edit"
text="Edit"
commandname="Edit"
runat="server"/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</itemtemplate>
<edititemtemplate>
<table>
<tr>
<td rowspan="6">
<asp:image id="EmployeeEditImage"
imageurl='<%# Eval("PhotoPath") %>'
alternatetext='<%# Eval("LastName") %>'
runat="server"/>
</td>
<td colspan="2">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b><asp:Label runat="server"
AssociatedControlID="FirstNameUpdateTextBox"
Text="Name" />:</b>
</td>
<td>
<asp:textbox id="FirstNameUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("FirstName") %>'
accesskey="n" tabindex="1" runat="server"/>
<asp:textbox id="LastNameUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("LastName") %>'
accesskey="l" tabindex="2" runat="server"/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b><asp:Label runat="server"
AssociatedControlID="TitleUpdateTextBox"
Text="Title" />:</b>
</td>
<td>
<asp:textbox id="TitleUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("Title") %>'
accesskey="t" tabindex="3" runat="server"/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<b><asp:Label runat="server"
AssociatedControlID="HireDateUpdateTextBox"
Text="Hire Date" />:</b>
<td>
<asp:textbox id="HireDateUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("HireDate", "{0:d}") %>'
accesskey="h" tabindex="4" runat="server" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height:150" valign="top">
<td>
<b><asp:Label runat="server"
AssociatedControlID="AddressUpdateTextBox"
Text="Address" />:</b>
</td>
<td>
<asp:textbox id="AddressUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("Address") %>'
accesskey="a" tabindex="5" runat="server"/>
<br/>
<asp:textbox id="CityUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("City") %>'
accesskey="c" tabindex="6" runat="server"/>
<asp:textbox id="RegionUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("Region") %>'
width="40"
accesskey="r" tabindex="7" runat="server"/>
<asp:textbox id="PostalCodeUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("PostalCode") %>'
width="60"
accesskey="p" tabindex="8" runat="server"/>
<br/>
<asp:textbox id="CountryUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("Country") %>'
accesskey="u" tabindex="9" runat="server"/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<asp:linkbutton id="UpdateButton"
text="Update" tabindex="10"
commandname="Update"
runat="server"/>
<asp:linkbutton id="CancelButton"
text="Cancel" tabindex="11"
commandname="Cancel"
runat="server"/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</edititemtemplate>
</asp:formview>
<hr/>
<asp:Button id="UpdateButton"
text="Update Record"
onclick="UpdateButton_Click"
runat="server"/>
<asp:Button id="CancelButton"
text="Cancel"
onclick="CancelButton_Click"
runat="server"/>
<br/><br/>
<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="EmployeeSource"
selectcommand="Select [EmployeeID], [LastName], [FirstName], [Title], [Address], [City], [Region], [PostalCode], [Country], [HireDate], [PhotoPath] From [Employees]"
updatecommand="Update [Employees] Set [LastName]=@LastName, [FirstName]=@FirstName, [Title]=@Title, [Address]=@Address, [City]=@City, [Region]=@Region, [PostalCode]=@PostalCode, [Country]=@Country Where [EmployeeID]=@EmployeeID"
connectionstring="<%$ ConnectionStrings:NorthWindConnectionString%>"
runat="server"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Remarks
When the FormView control is in edit mode, use the UpdateItem method to programmatically update the current record in the data source. This method is commonly used when you need to update the current record from outside of the FormView control, such as from a different control on the page.
Note
The FormView control must be in edit mode when this method is called; otherwise, an HttpException is thrown.
To specify whether page validation is performed before the update operation, use the causesValidation parameter. Calling this method also raises the ItemUpdated and ItemUpdating events.
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