Question

I am trying to loop through the rows of my gridview and retrieve the data key value of each row and then execute some code to run sql queries. How can I get the data key value of each row in variable? right now I am receiving an error message saying:

value of type system.web.ui.webcontrols.datakey cannot be converted to integer.

Here is my code:

Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
    For Each row As GridViewRow In GridView1.Rows
        Dim therowindex As Integer = row.RowIndex

        Dim theid As Integer = GridView1.DataKeys([therowindex])

        'execute some more code running queries using the data key value.
    Next
End Sub

Answer 1

You have to use Value property.

Dim theid As Integer = Integer.Parse(GridView1.DataKeys(therowindex).Value.ToString())