I load the gridview and the gridview has an edit and delete buttons.
I click on Edit and I get, "ddlAssignedTo' has a SelectedValue which is invalid because it does not exist in the list of items.
Parameter name: value
I know that I am getting this error because the value fo ddlAssignedTo
is null - nothing exists on the db for ddlAssignedTo.
All I was trying to do is update the current value.
So, my issue is this, if the current value is null, how do I assign a default value for ddlAssignedTo so that if no value currently exists on the db, the default value will prevail?
Here are some code:
Markup:
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Assigned To">
<EditItemTemplate>
<asp:DropDownList ID="ddlAssignedTo" runat="server"
DataSourceID="SubjectDataSource"
DataTextField="fullname" DataValueField="empl_Id"
SelectedValue='<%# Bind("AssignedTo") %>'>
<asp:ListItem Value="">--Select Name--</asp:ListItem>
</asp:DropDownList>
</EditItemTemplate>
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Label ID="lblAssigned" runat="server"
Text='<% #Bind("fullname") %>'></asp:Label>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField
<asp:SqlDataSource ID="SqlDataSource1" runat="server"
ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:ConnectionString %>"
SelectCommand="SELECT Distinct [rownum],[reqnum], AssignedTo, (empl_first + ' ' + empl_last) fullname, [reqrecdate], [reqrecfrom], [skillsets], [application], [hoursperweek], [fromdate], [todate], [status], [statusupdate], [statusupby] FROM [requestinfo] left join employee on requestInfo.AssignedTo=employee.empl_id ORDER BY [reqnum]"
UpdateCommand="INSERT INTO [requestinfo] ([reqnum], [reqrecdate], [reqrecfrom], [skillsets], [application], [hoursperweek], [fromdate], [todate], [status], [statusupdate], [statusupby],[AssignedTo]) VALUES (@reqnum, @reqrecdate, @reqrecfrom, @skillsets, @application, @hoursperweek, @fromdate, @todate, @status, @statusupdate, @statusupby,@empl_id)">
<DeleteParameters>
<asp:Parameter Name="rownum" Type="Int32" />
</DeleteParameters>
<UpdateParameters>
<asp:Parameter Name="reqnum" Type="String" />
<asp:Parameter DbType="DateTime" Name="reqrecdate" />
<asp:Parameter Name="reqrecfrom" Type="String" />
<asp:Parameter Name="skillsets" Type="String" />
<asp:Parameter Name="application" Type="String" />
<asp:Parameter Name="hoursperweek" Type="Int32" />
<asp:Parameter DbType="DateTime" Name="fromdate" />
<asp:Parameter DbType="DateTime" Name="todate" />
<asp:Parameter Name="status" Type="String" />
<asp:Parameter DbType="DateTime" Name="statusupdate" />
<asp:Parameter Name="statusupby" Type="String" />
<asp:Parameter Name="empl_id" Type="String" />
<asp:Parameter Name="rownum" Type="Int32" />
</UpdateParameters>
</asp:SqlDataSource>
<asp:SqlDataSource ID="SubjectDataSource" runat="server"
ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:ConnectionString %>"
SelectCommand="SELECT empl_id, (empl_first + ' ' + empl_last) fullname FROM dbo.Employee order by empl_last">
</asp:SqlDataSource>
CodeBehind:
Protected Sub GridView1_RowUpdating(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As GridViewUpdateEventArgs) Handles GridView1.RowUpdating
Dim dd As DropDownList = DirectCast(GridView1.Rows(e.RowIndex).FindControl("ddlstatus"), DropDownList)
e.NewValues("status") = dd.SelectedItem.Text
Dim ddAssigned As DropDownList = DirectCast(GridView1.Rows(e.RowIndex).FindControl("ddlAssignedTo"), DropDownList)
If String.IsNullOrEmpty(ddAssigned.SelectedValue) Then
ddAssigned.SelectedValue = "shhhh"
Else
e.NewValues("empl_id") = ddAssigned.SelectedValue
End If
SqlDataSource1.DataBind()
End Sub