"Bruno Alexandre" wrote:

> all you need to do is:
>
> read this tutorial :)
>
> http://www.gridviewguy.com/ArticleDetails.aspx?articleID=219
>
>
> Bruno Alexandre
> Stroby, Danmark
>
> "a Portuguese in Denmark"
>
>
> "archuleta37" <archuleta37@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:01B5970F-06BB-4074-A8B4-AD7DBA70E0A7@microsoft.com...
> > I've got a asp.net 2.0 gridview with a list of orders. I want to add a
> > column
> > with a checkbox (simple enough) and make it so that when I click a submit
> > button, the postback sets the status on each of the records with a
> > checkbox
> > so that they are completed.
> >
> > So in my gridview, I have the following attribute:
> > DataKeyNames="order_id"
> >
> > and the following code for the status:
> > <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Item Status" SortExpression="status_name">
> > <EditItemTemplate>
> > <asp:DropDownList ID="ddStatus" runat="server"
> > DataSourceID="dsStatus"
> > DataTextField="status_name"
> > DataValueField="status_id"
> > SelectedValue='<%# Bind("order_status_id") %>'>
> > </asp:DropDownList>
> > </EditItemTemplate>
> > <ItemTemplate>
> > <asp:Label ID="lblStatus" runat="server" Text='<%#
> > Bind("status_name") %>'></asp:Label>
> > </ItemTemplate>
> > </asp:TemplateField>
> >
> > and have added a checkbox column:
> > <asp:CheckBoxField HeaderText="Close" />
> >
> > and outside the gridview I added:
> > <asp:LinkButton ID="btnCloseItems" runat="server"
> > CommandName="closeSelected">Close Selected</asp:LinkButton>
> >
> > then in my page load method, I have:
> >
> > if (IsPostBack)
> > {
> >
> > }
> >
> > but where do I go from here? I feel comfortable writing a method that
> > changes the status for the records, but how do I go about looping through
> > the
> > records in the postback and identifying the value of the checkbox and
> > order_id? Is there a standard asp.net way of doing what I'm trying to do,
> > or
> > is writing code to handle this the best approach? In any case, any help to
> > accomplish my goal would be much appreciated.
> >
> > Marc
> >
> >