Question

Is there a way I can send my div id to my asp delete button?

div.ID = String.Format("{0}", reader.GetString(0));
div.Attributes.Add("onclick", "return clickTheButton();");

    protected void btnDelete_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {

        //serverside code if confirm was pressed.
        using (OdbcConnection cn = new OdbcConnection("Driver={MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver}; Server=localhost; Database=gymwebsite2; User=root; Password=commando;"))
        {
            cn.Open();
            using (OdbcCommand cmd = new OdbcCommand("DELETE FROM WallPosting WHERE idWallPosting = " + id + ")", cn))
            {
                cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
            }
        }
        //        //PopulateWallPosts();
    }
}

ASP:

    <script type="text/javascript">
    function confirm_delete()
{
    return confirm("Are you sure you want to delete this comment?");
}
function clickTheButton() {
    document.getElementById('<%= btn.ClientID %>').click();
}

</script>
<p>
<asp:Button ID="btn" OnClientClick="return confirm_delete();" OnClick="btnDelete_Click" runat="server" Text="delete"/>

I need to find a way I can send the div id to the button delete so I can use my sql syntax, atm I cant see a way of how to send it.

Answer 1

You want to use window.event.srcElement.id like this:

function clickTheButton() {

var Sender = window.event.srcElement;
alert("the item clicked was " + Sender.id)

}

for a button that looks like:

<input type="button" id="myButton" onclick="clickTheButton();" value="Click Me"/>

you will get an alert that reads: “the item clicked was myButton.