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DataKeyArray Class

.NET Framework 4

Represents a collection of DataKey objects. This class cannot be inherited.

System.Object
  System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataKeyArray

Namespace:  System.Web.UI.WebControls
Assembly:  System.Web (in System.Web.dll)
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public sealed class DataKeyArray : ICollection, 
	IEnumerable, IStateManager

The DataKeyArray type exposes the following members.

  Name Description
Public method DataKeyArray Initializes a new instance of the DataKeyArray class.
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Public property Count Gets the number of items in the collection.
Public property IsReadOnly Gets a value indicating whether the items in the collection can be modified.
Public property IsSynchronized Gets a value indicating whether the DataKeyArray collection is synchronized (thread safe).
Public property Item Gets the DataKey object from the collection at the specified index.
Public property SyncRoot Gets the object used to synchronize access to the collection.
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Public method CopyTo Copies all the items from this collection to the specified array of DataKey objects, starting at the specified index in the array.
Public method Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetEnumerator Returns an enumerator that contains all DataKey objects in the collection.
Public method GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
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Public Extension Method AsParallel Enables parallelization of a query. (Defined by ParallelEnumerable.)
Public Extension Method AsQueryable Converts an IEnumerable to an IQueryable. (Defined by Queryable.)
Public Extension Method Cast<TResult> Casts the elements of an IEnumerable to the specified type. (Defined by Enumerable.)
Public Extension Method OfType<TResult> Filters the elements of an IEnumerable based on a specified type. (Defined by Enumerable.)
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Explicit interface implemetation Private method ICollection.CopyTo Infrastructure. Copies all the items from this collection to the specified System.Array, starting at the specified index in the System.Array.
Explicit interface implemetation Private property IStateManager.IsTrackingViewState Infrastructure. Gets a value indicating whether the DataKeyArray object is tracking its view-state changes.
Explicit interface implemetation Private method IStateManager.LoadViewState Infrastructure. Loads the previously saved view state of the DataKeyArray object.
Explicit interface implemetation Private method IStateManager.SaveViewState Infrastructure. Saves the current view state of the DataKeyArray object.
Explicit interface implemetation Private method IStateManager.TrackViewState Infrastructure. Marks the starting point at which to begin tracking and saving view-state changes to the DataKeyArray object.
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The DataKeyArray class is used to store and manage a collection of DataKey objects. A DataKey object represents the primary key of a record in a data-bound control. In general, data-bound controls that display multiple records (such as the GridView control) use a DataKeyArray object to store the DataKey objects for the records displayed in the control.

The DataKeyArray class supports several ways to access the items in the collection:

  • Use the Item indexer to directly retrieve a DataKey object from the collection at a specific zero-based index.

  • Use the GetEnumerator method to retrieve an enumerator that can be used to iterate through the collection.

  • Use the CopyTo method to copy the items in the collection into an array, which can then be used to access the items in the collection.

To determine the total number of items in the collection, use the Count property.

The following code example demonstrates how to use the indexer to retrieve a DataKey object from a DataKeyArray collection.

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<%@ 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 CustomerGridView_DataBound(Object sender, EventArgs e)
  {           
    // Use the indexer to retrieve the DataKey object for the 
    // first record.
    DataKey key = CustomerGridView.DataKeys[0];

    // Display the the value of the primary key for the first
    // record displayed in the GridView control.
    MessageLabel.Text = "The primary key of the first record displayed is " +
      key.Value.ToString() + ".";
  }

  void CopyArray_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
  {
      DataKeyArray theKeys = CustomerGridView.DataKeys;
      DataKey[] myNewArray = new DataKey[theKeys.Count];
      theKeys.CopyTo(myNewArray, 0);
      Label2.Visible = true;

      // Display first page key values from the new array.
      for (int i = 0; i < myNewArray.Length; i++)
      {
          Label2.Text += "<br />" + myNewArray[i].Value;
      }

  }

</script>

<html  >

  <head id="Head1" runat="server">
    <title>DataKeyArray Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">

      <h3>DataKeyArray Example</h3>

        <asp:gridview id="CustomerGridView"
          datasourceid="CustomerDataSource"
          autogeneratecolumns="true"
          datakeynames="CustomerID"  
          allowpaging="true"
          ondatabound="CustomerGridView_DataBound" 
          runat="server">

        </asp:gridview>

        <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="CustomerDataSource"
          selectcommand="Select [CustomerID], [CompanyName], [Address], [City], [PostalCode], [Country] From [Customers]"
          connectionstring="<%$ ConnectionStrings:NorthwindConnectionString %>" 
          runat="server"/>

        <asp:Button ID="CopyArray" 
            runat="server" 
            Text="Copy DataKeyArray to Array" 
            OnClick="CopyArray_Click" />

        <br />

        <asp:label id="Label2"
          runat="server"
          Visible="false"  
          Text="First page of Copied Array Key Values" />


      </form>
  </body>
</html>

The following code example demonstrates how to iterate through a DataKeyArray collection.

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<%@ 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 CustomerGridView_DataBound(Object sender, EventArgs e)
  {    
    // Display the the value of the primary key for each
    // record in the GridView control.
    MessageLabel.Text = "The primary key of each record displayed are: <br/><br/>";

    foreach (DataKey key in CustomerGridView.DataKeys)
    {
       MessageLabel.Text += key.Value.ToString() + "<br/>";
    }
  }

</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >

  <head runat="server">
    <title>DataKeyArray Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">

      <h3>DataKeyArray Example</h3>

        <asp:gridview id="CustomerGridView"
          datasourceid="CustomerDataSource"
          autogeneratecolumns="true"
          datakeynames="CustomerID"  
          allowpaging="true"
          ondatabound="CustomerGridView_DataBound" 
          runat="server">

        </asp:gridview>

        <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="CustomerDataSource"
          selectcommand="Select [CustomerID], [CompanyName], [Address], [City], [PostalCode], [Country] From [Customers]"
          connectionstring="<%$ ConnectionStrings:NorthWindConnectionString%>" 
          runat="server"/>

      </form>
  </body>
</html>

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
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