Question

I have a GridView –

<asp:GridView ID="table_example" Runat="server" 
DataSourceID="SqlDataSource3" AutoGenerateColumns="False" 
ClientIDMode="Static" onprerender="table_example_PreRender">
    <Columns>
        <asp:TemplateField>
     <HeaderTemplate>
         <asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" Text="Select"></asp:Label>

     </HeaderTemplate>
     <ItemTemplate>
        <asp:CheckBox ID="chkRow" runat="server" OnCheckedChanged="CheckBoxPN_CheckedChanged" AutoPostBack="true"/>
     </ItemTemplate>
  </asp:TemplateField>
        <asp:BoundField HeaderText="profileID" DataField="profileID" 
                        SortExpression="profileID"></asp:BoundField>
        <asp:BoundField HeaderText="profileName" DataField="profileName" 
                        SortExpression="profileName"></asp:BoundField>
    </Columns>
</asp:GridView>

Where the code behind for chkRow–

protected void CheckBoxPN_CheckedChanged(Object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        CheckBox chk = (CheckBox)sender;
        GridViewRow row = (GridViewRow)chk.NamingContainer; 

        //when a user clicks the checkbox I need the string from profileName in that row. 

    }

On debugging I can get to the checkBox changed event, however need to retrieve the string from the profileName cell from its respective row cell.

I tried something like this –

string c = row.Cells("profileName").value.toString();

However this did not work, how can I get the string?

Answer 1

If you use a BoundField you need to use Cells[index].Text. Since it’s in the third column:

string profileName = row.Cells[2].Text;