GridViewUpdateEventArgs.Keys Property
Definition
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Gets a dictionary of field name/value pairs that represent the primary key of the row to update.
public:
property System::Collections::Specialized::IOrderedDictionary ^ Keys { System::Collections::Specialized::IOrderedDictionary ^ get(); };public System.Collections.Specialized.IOrderedDictionary Keys { get; }member this.Keys : System.Collections.Specialized.IOrderedDictionaryPublic ReadOnly Property Keys As IOrderedDictionaryProperty Value
A IOrderedDictionary object containing field name/value pairs that represent the primary key of the row to update.
Examples
The following example demonstrates how to use the Keys property to access the values of the key fields in the row to update. The values are then written to a log file of updated records.
<%@ Page language="C#" %>
<%@ import namespace="System.IO" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">
void EmployeesGridView_RowUpdating(Object sender, GridViewUpdateEventArgs e)
{
// Record the update operation in a log file.
// Create the log text.
String logText = "";
// Append the key field values to the log text.
foreach (DictionaryEntry keyEntry in e.Keys)
{
logText += keyEntry.Key + "=" + keyEntry.Value + ";";
}
// Append the text to a log file.
StreamWriter sw;
sw = File.AppendText(Server.MapPath(null) + "\\updatelog.txt");
sw.WriteLine(logText);
sw.Flush();
sw.Close();
}
void EmployeesGridView_RowUpdated(Object sender, GridViewUpdatedEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Exception == null)
{
// The update operation succeeded. Clear the message label.
Message.Text = "";
}
else
{
// The update operation failed. Display an error message.
Message.Text = e.AffectedRows.ToString() + " rows updated. " + e.Exception.Message;
e.ExceptionHandled = true;
}
}
</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
<title>GridViewUpdateEventArgs Keys Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="Form1" runat="server">
<h3>GridViewUpdateEventArgs Keys Example</h3>
<asp:label id="Message"
forecolor="Red"
runat="server"/>
<br/>
<!-- 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="EmployeesGridView"
datasourceid="EmployeesSqlDataSource"
DataKeyNames="EmployeeID"
autogenerateeditbutton="True"
onrowupdating="EmployeesGridView_RowUpdating"
onrowupdated="EmployeesGridView_RowUpdated"
runat="server">
</asp:gridview>
<!-- This example uses Microsoft SQL Server and connects -->
<!-- to the Northwind sample database. -->
<asp:sqldatasource id="EmployeesSqlDataSource"
selectcommand="SELECT [EmployeeID], [LastName], [FirstName], [HireDate] FROM [Employees]"
updatecommand="UPDATE [Employees] SET [LastName] = @LastName, [FirstName] = @FirstName, [HireDate] = @HireDate WHERE [EmployeeID] = @EmployeeID"
ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:NorthwindConnectionString %>"
runat="server" >
</asp:sqldatasource>
</form>
</body>
</html>
<%@ Page language="VB" %>
<%@ import namespace="System.IO" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">
Sub EmployeesGridView_RowUpdating(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As GridViewUpdateEventArgs)
' Record the update operation in a log file.
' Create the log text.
Dim logText As String = ""
' Append the key field values to the log text.
Dim keyEntry As DictionaryEntry
For Each keyEntry In e.Keys
logText += keyEntry.Key & "=" & keyEntry.Value & ";"
Next keyEntry
' Append the text to a log file.
Dim sw As StreamWriter
sw = File.AppendText(Server.MapPath(Nothing) & "\updatelog.txt")
sw.WriteLine(logText)
sw.Flush()
sw.Close()
End Sub
Sub EmployeesGridView_RowUpdated(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As GridViewUpdatedEventArgs)
If e.Exception Is Nothing Then
' The update operation succeeded. Clear the message label.
Message.Text = ""
Else
' The update operation failed. Display an error message.
Message.Text = e.AffectedRows.ToString() & " rows updated. " & e.Exception.Message
e.ExceptionHandled = True
End If
End Sub
</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>GridViewUpdateEventArgs Keys Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="Form1" runat="server">
<h3>GridViewUpdateEventArgs Keys Example</h3>
<asp:label id="Message"
forecolor="Red"
runat="server"/>
<br/>
<!-- 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="EmployeesGridView"
datasourceid="EmployeesSqlDataSource"
DataKeyNames="EmployeeID"
autogenerateeditbutton="True"
onrowupdating="EmployeesGridView_RowUpdating"
onrowupdated="EmployeesGridView_RowUpdated"
runat="server">
</asp:gridview>
<!-- This example uses Microsoft SQL Server and connects -->
<!-- to the Northwind sample database. -->
<asp:sqldatasource id="EmployeesSqlDataSource"
selectcommand="SELECT [EmployeeID], [LastName], [FirstName], [HireDate] FROM [Employees]"
updatecommand="UPDATE [Employees] SET [LastName] = @LastName, [FirstName] = @FirstName, [HireDate] = @HireDate WHERE [EmployeeID] = @EmployeeID"
ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:NorthwindConnectionString %>"
runat="server" >
</asp:sqldatasource>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Remarks
When the DataKeyNames property of a GridView control is set, use the Keys property (dictionary) to access the value of the primary key in the row to update.
Note
To access the values of the non-key fields, use the NewValues or OldValues properties. The NewValues property contains the updated values, while the OldValues property contains the original values.
The Keys dictionary is automatically populated with the name/value pairs of the field or fields specified in the DataKeyNames property. If multiple fields form the primary key, a separate entry is added to the Keys dictionary for each key field.
To determine the name of a key field, use the DictionaryEntry.Key property of a System.Collections.DictionaryEntry object contained in the Keys dictionary. To determine the value of a key field, use the DictionaryEntry.Value property.
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