GridViewRowCollection.Item[Int32] Property

Definition

Gets the GridViewRow object at the specified index.

C#
public System.Web.UI.WebControls.GridViewRow this[int index] { get; }

Parameters

index
Int32

The index of the GridViewRow object to retrieve from the collection.

Property Value

The GridViewRow object at the specified index in the collection.

Examples

The following example demonstrates how to use the indexer to retrieve a GridViewRow object from the collection. The values of the cells in the GridViewRow object are displayed on the page.

ASP.NET (C#)
<%@ 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 AuthorsGridView_RowUpdating (Object sender, GridViewUpdateEventArgs e)
  {
    
    // The GridView control does not automatically extract updated values 
    // from TemplateField column fields. These values must be added manually 
    // to the NewValues dictionary.
    
    // Get the GridViewRow object that represents the row being edited
    // from the Rows collection of the GridView control.
    int index = AuthorsGridView.EditIndex;
    GridViewRow row = AuthorsGridView.Rows[index];
    
    // Get the controls that contain the updated values. In this
    // example, the updated values are contained in the TextBox 
    // controls declared in the EditItemTemplates of the TemplateField 
    // column fields in the GridView control.
    TextBox lastName = (TextBox)row.FindControl("LastNameTextBox");
    TextBox firstName = (TextBox)row.FindControl("FirstNameTextBox");
    
    // Add the updated values to the NewValues dictionary. Use the
    // parameter names declared in the parameterized update query 
    // string for the key names.
    e.NewValues["au_lname"] = lastName.Text;
    e.NewValues["au_fname"] = firstName.Text;    
          
  }

</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
  <head runat="server">
    <title>GridViewRowCollection Indexer Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
        
      <h3>GridViewRowCollection Indexer Example</h3>

      <!-- The GridView control automatically sets the columns     -->
      <!-- specified in the datakeynames attribute as read-only    -->
      <!-- No input controls are rendered for these columns in     -->
      <!-- edit mode.                                              -->
      <asp:gridview id="AuthorsGridView" 
        datasourceid="AuthorsSqlDataSource" 
        autogeneratecolumns="false"
        autogenerateeditbutton="true"
        datakeynames="au_id"
        cellpadding="10"
        onrowupdating="AuthorsGridView_RowUpdating"      
        runat="server">
                
        <columns>
        
          <asp:boundfield datafield="au_id"
            headertext="Author ID"
            readonly="true"/>
            
          <asp:templatefield headertext="Last Name"
            itemstyle-verticalalign="Top">
            
            <itemtemplate>
              <%#Eval("au_lname")%>
            </itemtemplate>
            
            <edititemtemplate>
              <asp:textbox id="LastNameTextBox"
                text='<%#Eval("au_lname")%>'
                width="90"
                runat="server"/>
              <br/>
              <asp:requiredfieldvalidator id="LastNameRequiredValidator"
                controltovalidate="LastNameTextBox"
                display="Dynamic"
                text="Please enter a last name." 
                runat="server" />                                      
            </edititemtemplate>
            
          </asp:templatefield>
          
          <asp:templatefield headertext="First Name"
            itemstyle-verticalalign="Top">
            
            <itemtemplate>
              <%#Eval("au_fname")%>
            </itemtemplate>
            
            <edititemtemplate>
              <asp:textbox id="FirstNameTextBox"
                text='<%#Eval("au_fname")%>'
                width="90"
                runat="server"/>
              <br/>
              <asp:requiredfieldvalidator id="FirstNameRequiredValidator"
                controltovalidate="FirstNameTextBox"
                display="Dynamic"
                text="Please enter a first name."
                runat="server" />                      
            </edititemtemplate>
            
          </asp:templatefield>
          
          <asp:checkboxfield datafield="contract" 
            headertext="Contract"
            readonly="true"/>
            
        </columns>
                
      </asp:gridview>
            
      <!-- This example uses Microsoft SQL Server and connects -->
      <!-- to the Pubs sample database.                        -->
      <asp:sqldatasource id="AuthorsSqlDataSource"  
        selectcommand="SELECT [au_id], [au_lname], [au_fname], [contract] FROM [authors]"             
        updatecommand="UPDATE authors SET au_lname=@au_lname, au_fname=@au_fname WHERE (authors.au_id = @au_id)" 
        connectionstring="server=localhost;database=pubs;integrated security=SSPI"
        runat="server">
      </asp:sqldatasource>
            
    </form>
  </body>
</html>

Remarks

Use this indexer to retrieve a GridViewRow object from the collection at the specified index, using array notation.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1

See also