GridView
does not act as column names, as that’s it’s datasource
property to know those things.
If you still need to know the index given a column name, then you can create a helper method to do this as the gridview
Header normally contains this information.
int GetColumnIndexByName(GridViewRow row, string columnName)
{
int columnIndex = 0;
foreach (DataControlFieldCell cell in row.Cells)
{
if (cell.ContainingField is BoundField)
if (((BoundField)cell.ContainingField).DataField.Equals(columnName))
break;
columnIndex++; // keep adding 1 while we don't have the correct name
}
return columnIndex;
}
remember that the code above will use a BoundField
… then use it like:
protected void GridView_RowDataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow)
{
int index = GetColumnIndexByName(e.Row, "myDataField");
string columnValue = e.Row.Cells[index].Text;
}
}
I would strongly suggest that you use the TemplateField
to have your own controls, then it’s easier to grab those controls like:
<asp:GridView ID="gv" runat="server">
<Columns>
<asp:TemplateField>
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Label ID="lblName" runat="server" Text="<%# Eval("Name") %>" />
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
</Columns>
</asp:GridView>
and then use
string columnValue = ((Label)e.Row.FindControl("lblName")).Text;