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DetailsView.DataKeyNames Property

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Definition

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

Gets or sets an array that contains the names of the key fields for the data source.

public:
 virtual property cli::array <System::String ^> ^ DataKeyNames { cli::array <System::String ^> ^ get(); void set(cli::array <System::String ^> ^ value); };
[System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter(typeof(System.Web.UI.WebControls.StringArrayConverter))]
public virtual string[] DataKeyNames { get; set; }
[<System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter(typeof(System.Web.UI.WebControls.StringArrayConverter))>]
member this.DataKeyNames : string[] with get, set
Public Overridable Property DataKeyNames As String()

Property Value

String[]

An array that contains the names of the key fields of the data source.

Attributes
TypeConverterAttribute

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use the DataKeyNames property to identify the key field for the data source bound to the DetailsView control.


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

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
  <head runat="server">
    <title>DetailsView AutoGenerateDeleteButton Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="Form1" runat="server">
        
      <h3>DetailsView AutoGenerateDeleteButton Example</h3>
                
        <asp:detailsview id="CustomersDetailView"
          datasourceid="DetailsViewSource"
          datakeynames="CustomerID"
          autogeneratedeletebutton="true"  
          autogeneraterows="true"
          allowpaging="true"  
          runat="server">
               
          <headerstyle backcolor="Navy"
            forecolor="White"/>
                    
        </asp:detailsview>
        
        <!-- 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" runat="server" 
            ConnectionString=
              "<%$ ConnectionStrings:NorthWindConnectionString%>"
            InsertCommand="INSERT INTO [Customers]([CustomerID], 
              [CompanyName], [Address], [City], [PostalCode], [Country]) 
              VALUES (@CustomerID, @CompanyName, @Address, @City, 
              @PostalCode, @Country)"
            SelectCommand="Select [CustomerID], [CompanyName], 
              [Address], [City], [PostalCode], [Country] From 
              [Customers]">
        </asp:SqlDataSource>
    </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">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
  <head runat="server">
    <title>DetailsView AutoGenerateDeleteButton Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="Form1" runat="server">
        
      <h3>DetailsView AutoGenerateDeleteButton Example</h3>
                
        <asp:detailsview id="CustomersDetailView"
          datasourceid="DetailsViewSource"
          datakeynames="CustomerID"
          autogeneratedeletebutton="true"  
          autogeneraterows="true"
          allowpaging="true"  
          runat="server">
               
          <headerstyle backcolor="Navy"
            forecolor="White"/>
                    
        </asp:detailsview>
        
        <!-- 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" runat="server" 
            ConnectionString=
              "<%$ ConnectionStrings:NorthWindConnectionString%>"
            InsertCommand="INSERT INTO [Customers]([CustomerID], 
              [CompanyName], [Address], [City], [PostalCode], [Country]) 
              VALUES (@CustomerID, @CompanyName, @Address, @City, 
              @PostalCode, @Country)"
            SelectCommand="Select [CustomerID], [CompanyName], 
              [Address], [City], [PostalCode], [Country] From 
              [Customers]">
        </asp:SqlDataSource>
    </form>
  </body>
</html>

Remarks

Use the DataKeyNames property to specify a comma-separated list of field names that represent the primary key of the data source. When the DataKeyNames property is set, the DetailsView control automatically creates a DataKey object that represents the key field or fields for the current record and stores it in the DataKey property. When the AutoGenerateColumns property is also set to true, the DetailsView control automatically ensures that the field or fields specified in the DataKeyNames property are read-only.

Note

You must set the DataKeyNames property for the automatic updating, deleting, and inserting features of the DetailsView control to work.

If the Visible property of a row field is set to false, the row is not displayed in the DetailsView control and the data for the row does not make a round trip to the client. If you want the data for a row that is not visible to make a round trip, add the field name to the DataKeyNames property.

Applies to

See also