Question

I have a gridview and i am converting gridview rows to a datatable… But i cant able to get the value of a hiddenfield in cell[0] inside the gridview….

    DataTable dt = new DataTable();
    dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("EmpId", typeof(Int64)));
    dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("FromDate", typeof(DateTime)));
    dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("ToDate", typeof(DateTime)));
    dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("DaysPresent", typeof(decimal)));
    dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("OpeningAdvance", typeof(double)));
    dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("AdvanceDeducted", typeof(double)));
    dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("RemainingAdvance", typeof(double)));
    dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("SalaryGiven", typeof(double)));
    dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("CreatedDate", typeof(DateTime)));

    foreach (GridViewRow row in gridEmployee.Rows) 
    {
        DataRow dr = dt.NewRow();
        dr["EmpId"] = Convert.ToInt64(row.Cells[0].Text);
        dr["FromDate"] = Convert.ToDateTime(GetMonthNumberFromAbbreviation(fromdate[1].ToString()) + '/' + fromdate[0].ToString() + '/' + fromdate[2].ToString());
        dr["ToDate"] = Convert.ToDateTime(GetMonthNumberFromAbbreviation(todate[1].ToString()) + '/' + todate[0].ToString() + '/' + todate[2].ToString());
        dr["DaysPresent"] = Convert.ToDecimal(row.Cells[4].Text);
        dr["OpeningAdvance"] = Convert.ToDouble(row.Cells[5].Text);
        dr["AdvanceDeducted"] = Convert.ToDouble(row.Cells[6].Text);
        dr["RemainingAdvance"] = Convert.ToDouble(row.Cells[7].Text);
        dr["SalaryGiven"] = Convert.ToDouble(row.Cells[8].Text);
        dr["CreatedDate"] = Convert.ToDateTime(System.DateTime.Now.ToString());
        dt.Rows.Add(dr);
    }

I got the error in the line,

dr["EmpId"] = Convert.ToInt64(row.Cells[0].Text);

Input String was not in a correct format

Note:

Cells[0] is a hiddenfield which contains EmpId….

 <asp:TemplateField >
   <HeaderStyle Width="1%" />
    <HeaderTemplate>
    </HeaderTemplate>
    <ItemTemplate>
   <asp:HiddenField ID="HiddenId" runat="server" value='<%#Eval("Emp_Id") %>' />
     <asp:Label ID="LblHiddenId" runat="server" Text='<%#Eval("Emp_Id") %>'></asp:Label>
  </ItemTemplate>
  <ItemStyle Width="1%" CssClass="GridCs" HorizontalAlign="Left" />
  </asp:TemplateField>

My gridview,

Answer 1

You need to add a conditional to make sure you’re not parsing the header and the footer:

EDIT: Working result (leaving the other one because it may also apply to similar situations

foreach (GridViewRow row in gridEmployee.Rows) 
{
    DataRow dr = dt.NewRow();
    dr["EmpId"] = Convert.ToInt64(((Label)cells[0].FindControl("LblHiddenId")).Text);
    dr["FromDate"] = Convert.ToDateTime(GetMonthNumberFromAbbreviation(fromdate[1].ToString()) + '/' + fromdate[0].ToString() + '/' + fromdate[2].ToString());
    dr["ToDate"] = Convert.ToDateTime(GetMonthNumberFromAbbreviation(todate[1].ToString()) + '/' + todate[0].ToString() + '/' + todate[2].ToString());
    dr["DaysPresent"] = Convert.ToDecimal(row.Cells[4].Text);
    dr["OpeningAdvance"] = Convert.ToDouble(row.Cells[5].Text);
    dr["AdvanceDeducted"] = Convert.ToDouble(row.Cells[6].Text);
    dr["RemainingAdvance"] = Convert.ToDouble(row.Cells[7].Text);
    dr["SalaryGiven"] = Convert.ToDouble(row.Cells[8].Text);
    dr["CreatedDate"] = Convert.ToDateTime(System.DateTime.Now.ToString());
    dt.Rows.Add(dr);
}  

EDIT: Since I don’t have studio on this to correct myself

foreach (GridViewRow row in gridEmployee.Rows) 
{
    if(row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow)
    {
        DataRow dr = dt.NewRow();
        dr["EmpId"] = Convert.ToInt64(row.Cells[0].Text);
        dr["FromDate"] = Convert.ToDateTime(GetMonthNumberFromAbbreviation(fromdate[1].ToString()) + '/' + fromdate[0].ToString() + '/' + fromdate[2].ToString());
        dr["ToDate"] = Convert.ToDateTime(GetMonthNumberFromAbbreviation(todate[1].ToString()) + '/' + todate[0].ToString() + '/' + todate[2].ToString());
        dr["DaysPresent"] = Convert.ToDecimal(row.Cells[4].Text);
        dr["OpeningAdvance"] = Convert.ToDouble(row.Cells[5].Text);
        dr["AdvanceDeducted"] = Convert.ToDouble(row.Cells[6].Text);
        dr["RemainingAdvance"] = Convert.ToDouble(row.Cells[7].Text);
        dr["SalaryGiven"] = Convert.ToDouble(row.Cells[8].Text);
        dr["CreatedDate"] = Convert.ToDateTime(System.DateTime.Now.ToString());
        dt.Rows.Add(dr);
    }
}