Question

I have a GridView with a load of data in, there is an ID associated to the data that I would not like to be visible to the users. All worked fine when all the cells were visible, but as soon as I change the ID DataBound column to false, when I try to access the item in code I get “” instead of it’s actual value (that worked perfectly when it was visible).

Is there a reason for this? If not, how should I be approaching this?

Thanks in advance,

Lloyd

Answer 1

For some reason, the data in hidden columns are not preserved unless the column is visible when binding to the grid. Try something like the following:

myGrid.Columns(0).Visible = True

myGrid.DataSource = myDataSource
myGrid.DataBind()

myGrid.Columns(0).Visible = False

Now your column isn’t visible, but it contains your ids.