Question

I am developing a web application where I have a repeater control. A link button is inside the repeater control. When the link button is clicked, I want it to redirect to a page which would be a data entry page for that particular user(which was clicked). It has to use the user-id/emplid and pre-populate some fields in the new page and other fields should be allowed for data-entry.

My question-

1. How should I redirect to the new data entry page? I haven’t decided on the page yet. I am thinking that it would be a form page or grid view and would be a separate page.

Code:

    <asp:LinkButton ID="getDetails" OnCommand="getDetails_cmd" runat="server"
                        CommandArgument='<%#DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,"Emplid")%>
' Text='<%#DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,"NAME")%>'
                            CommandName="Details"></asp:LinkButton>

1. After redirecting to the page, I guess, using the commandargument, I can get the emplid. an I pass multiple values? Say the keys for the page?

2. How should I update multiple tables in the page?

Any help would be really appreciated.

Thanks,

Answer 1

You need handle ItemCommand event of Repeater control.

<asp:Repeater ID="Repeater1" runat="server" 
        onitemcommand="Repeater1_ItemCommand">
     <ItemTemplate>
         <asp:LinkButton 
            ID="getDetails" 
            runat="server"
            Text='<%# Eval("NAME") %>'
            CommandName="cmd"
            CommandArgument='<%# Eval("Empid") %>'
            >
            </asp:LinkButton>
     </ItemTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>

Handler of ItemCommand event,

protected void Repeater1_ItemCommand(object source, RepeaterCommandEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.CommandName == "cmd")
    {
        Session["empid"]=e.CommandArgument;
        Response.Redirect("~/page1.aspx");
    }
}