Question

i have a gridview in web page

<asp:GridView ID="grid_search" runat="server" >

and it contains Footer for total value of Columns

i have a Column name Production value in Gridview

prod_val nvarchar(50)

for data bind i use the code behind

protected void grid_search_RowDataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow)
{

        `tot_prodVal = tot_prodVal + Convert.ToDecimal(e.Row.Cells[2].Text);`

}
}

but it shows an error at debugging time that

System.FormatException: Input string was not in a correct format.

plz give me solution..

Answer 1

Since you have mentioned footer in your question, I am guessing you want to perform that operation in the footer. So your if condition should be

e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.Footer

I guess because you are using DataRow in your condition, e.Row.Cells[2].Text doesn’t really point to the field you want it to.