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c#asp.netgridviewoledb
bschaffner
bschaffner

Reputation: 29

Null Reference Exception from Gridview DataKey

With this site, I am attempting to insert a row in a database through a selection on a gridview row. I've got everything working well except for collecting the primary key from the gridview. I've tried all I can find to no avail. I'm not great with this language as of yet, but my code is below:

protected void GridView1_RowCommand(object sender, GridViewCommandEventArgs e)
{
    string connectionString = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["sdsMicrosoftDB"].ConnectionString;
    OleDbConnection currentConnection = new OleDbConnection(connectionString);

    string eventID = GridView1.SelectedValue.ToString();

    try
    {
        string eid = Session["eid"].ToString();

        OleDbCommand cmd = new OleDbCommand();
        cmd.CommandText = "INSERT INTO tblVolunteerRoster (eventID,empID) VALUES (@eventID,@empID)";
        cmd.CommandType = CommandType.Text;
        cmd.Connection = currentConnection;

        cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@eventID", eventID);
        cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@empID", eid);
        currentConnection.Open();

        cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
    }

The code specific to that gridview is:

<asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="False" 
                DataSourceID="AccessDataSource1" CellPadding="4" ForeColor="#333333" 
                GridLines="None" HorizontalAlign="Center"
                onrowcommand="GridView1_RowCommand" DataKeyNames="eventID" >
                <AlternatingRowStyle BackColor="White" />

                <Columns>
                    <asp:CommandField ShowSelectButton="True" />
                    <asp:BoundField ApplyFormatInEditMode="True" DataField="eventID" 
                        HeaderText="Event ID" SortExpression="eventID" />
                    <asp:BoundField DataField="eventStartDate" HeaderText="Start Date" 
                        SortExpression="eventStartDate" DataFormatString="{0:MMM dd yyyy}" 
                        ApplyFormatInEditMode="True" />
                    <asp:BoundField DataField="eventDescription" HeaderText="Description" 
                        SortExpression="eventDescription" />
                    <asp:BoundField DataField="eventEstHours" HeaderText="Est. Hours" 
                        SortExpression="eventEstHours" />
                    <asp:BoundField DataField="eventLocation" HeaderText="Location" 
                        SortExpression="eventLocation" />
                    <asp:BoundField DataField="eventWorkersNeeded" HeaderText="Workers Needed" 
                        SortExpression="eventWorkersNeeded" />
              </Columns>

            </asp:GridView>

Any ideas? I've beat my head against a wall trying to figure it out on my own. Thanks in advance!

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2206

Answers (1)

GeorgesD
GeorgesD

Reputation: 1082

If you want to get the datakeyname

int index = Convert.ToInt32(e.CommandArgument);
string eventID = GridView1.DataKeys[index].Value.ToString()

Upvotes: 3

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