Edit and Update Record in Gridview Asp.Net

This Article shows how to Edit and Update record in a Gridview in ASP.NET. This example is helpful in situations where an administrator have to edit the several records from the database. For demonstration I have created a database (named Database.mdf) in which we have a table named tbl_Employee.

Table Schema used in this example:

CREATE TABLE [dbo].[tbl_Employee] (     [ID]   INT          NOT NULL,     [Name] VARCHAR (50) NULL,     [City] VARCHAR (50) NULL,     PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED ([ID] ASC) );

Let's Begin:
1) Drop a GridView Control from the toolbox and set AutoGenerateColumns to false.
2) Add the Columns Collection (tag) that manages the collection of column fields.
3) Add TemplateField inside the Columns Collection that is used to display custom content in a data-bound control.
4) Add an ItemTemplate in the TemplateField that specifies the content to display for the items in a TemplateField.
5) Add an EditItemTemplate in the TemplateField that specifies a custom user interface (UI) for the item in edit mode.
6) Set Command name property to Edit in Edit buttton, Update in Update button and Cancel in Cancel Button according to their respective Events.
7) Add OnRowEditing, OnRowUpdating, OnRowCancelingEdit Event in Gridview.


Default.aspx Code:

<form id="form1" runat="server">     <div>             <asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="False" CellPadding="6" OnRowCancelingEdit="GridView1_RowCancelingEdit" OnRowEditing="GridView1_RowEditing" OnRowUpdating="GridView1_RowUpdating">             <Columns>                 <asp:TemplateField>                     <ItemTemplate>                         <asp:Button ID="btn_Edit" runat="server" Text="Edit" CommandName="Edit" />                     </ItemTemplate>                     <EditItemTemplate>                         <asp:Button ID="btn_Update" runat="server" Text="Update" CommandName="Update"/>                         <asp:Button ID="btn_Cancel" runat="server" Text="Cancel" CommandName="Cancel"/>                     </EditItemTemplate>                 </asp:TemplateField>                 <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="ID">                     <ItemTemplate>                         <asp:Label ID="lbl_ID" runat="server" Text='<%#Eval("ID") %>'></asp:Label>                     </ItemTemplate>                 </asp:TemplateField>                 <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Name">                     <ItemTemplate>                         <asp:Label ID="lbl_Name" runat="server" Text='<%#Eval("Name") %>'></asp:Label>                     </ItemTemplate>                     <EditItemTemplate>                         <asp:TextBox ID="txt_Name" runat="server" Text='<%#Eval("Name") %>'></asp:TextBox>                     </EditItemTemplate>                 </asp:TemplateField>                 <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="City">                     <ItemTemplate>                         <asp:Label ID="lbl_City" runat="server" Text='<%#Eval("City") %>'></asp:Label>                     </ItemTemplate>                     <EditItemTemplate>                         <asp:TextBox ID="txt_City" runat="server" Text='<%#Eval("City") %>'></asp:TextBox>                     </EditItemTemplate>                 </asp:TemplateField>             </Columns>             <HeaderStyle BackColor="#663300" ForeColor="#ffffff"/>             <RowStyle BackColor="#e7ceb6"/>         </asp:GridView>         </div> </form>

Default.aspx.cs Code:

using System; using System.Data; using System.Data.SqlClient; using System.Configuration; using System.Web.UI.WebControls; public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page {     //Connection String from web.config File     string cs = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["DBCS"].ConnectionString;     SqlConnection con;     SqlDataAdapter adapt;     DataTable dt;     protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)     {         if(!IsPostBack)         {             ShowData();         }     }     //ShowData method for Displaying Data in Gridview     protected void ShowData()     {         dt = new DataTable();         con = new SqlConnection(cs);         con.Open();         adapt = new SqlDataAdapter("Select ID,Name,City from tbl_Employee",con);         adapt.Fill(dt);         if(dt.Rows.Count>0)         {             GridView1.DataSource = dt;             GridView1.DataBind();         }         con.Close();     }     protected void GridView1_RowEditing(object sender, System.Web.UI.WebControls.GridViewEditEventArgs e)     {         //NewEditIndex property used to determine the index of the row being edited.         GridView1.EditIndex = e.NewEditIndex;         ShowData();     }     protected void GridView1_RowUpdating(object sender, System.Web.UI.WebControls.GridViewUpdateEventArgs e)     {         //Finding the controls from Gridview for the row which is going to update         Label id=GridView1.Rows[e.RowIndex].FindControl("lbl_ID") as Label;         TextBox name = GridView1.Rows[e.RowIndex].FindControl("txt_Name") as TextBox;         TextBox city = GridView1.Rows[e.RowIndex].FindControl("txt_City") as TextBox;         con = new SqlConnection(cs);         con.Open();         //updating the record         SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("Update tbl_Employee set Name='"+name.Text+"',City='"+city.Text+"' where ID="+Convert.ToInt32(id.Text),con);         cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();         con.Close();         //Setting the EditIndex property to -1 to cancel the Edit mode in Gridview         GridView1.EditIndex = -1;         //Call ShowData method for displaying updated data         ShowData();     }     protected void GridView1_RowCancelingEdit(object sender, System.Web.UI.WebControls.GridViewCancelEditEventArgs e)     {         //Setting the EditIndex property to -1 to cancel the Edit mode in Gridview         GridView1.EditIndex = -1;         ShowData();     } }

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