ASP.NET GridView RowIndex As CommandArgument

Question

How can you access and display the row index of a gridview item as the command argument in a buttonfield column button?

Answer 1

I typically bind this data using the RowDatabound event with the GridView:

protected void FormatGridView(object sender, System.Web.UI.WebControls.GridViewRowEventArgs e)
{
   if (e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow) 
   {
      ((Button)e.Row.Cells(0).FindControl("btnSpecial")).CommandArgument = e.Row.RowIndex.ToString();
   }
}

Answer 2

I think this will work.

<gridview>
<Columns>

            <asp:ButtonField  ButtonType="Button" CommandName="Edit" Text="Edit" Visible="True" CommandArgument="<%# Container.DataItemIndex %>" />
        </Columns>
</gridview>

Answer 3

Here is Microsoft Suggestion for this http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb907626.aspx#Y800

On the gridview add a command button and convert it into a template, then give it a commandname in this case "AddToCart" and also add CommandArgument "<%# ((GridViewRow) Container).RowIndex %>"

<asp:TemplateField>
  <ItemTemplate>
    <asp:Button ID="AddButton" runat="server" 
      CommandName="AddToCart" 
      CommandArgument="<%# ((GridViewRow) Container).RowIndex %>"
      Text="Add to Cart" />
  </ItemTemplate> 
</asp:TemplateField>

Then for create on the RowCommand event of the gridview identify when the "AddToCart" command is triggered, and do whatever you want from there

protected void GridView1_RowCommand(object sender, GridViewCommandEventArgs e)
{
  if (e.CommandName == "AddToCart")
  {
    // Retrieve the row index stored in the 
    // CommandArgument property.
    int index = Convert.ToInt32(e.CommandArgument);

    // Retrieve the row that contains the button 
    // from the Rows collection.
    GridViewRow row = GridView1.Rows[index];

    // Add code here to add the item to the shopping cart.
  }
}

**One mistake I was making is that I wanted to add the actions on my template button instead of doing it directly on the RowCommand Event.