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I have a integer column on a gridview of a webform. The problem is that the user can put in a
character (like an "A") in the field and when the update button is selected the user gets an ugly
message.
What is the best way to deal with this problem?
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Hi WoodrowS,
I am assuming that the column where the user is entering an integer is a template column. To
validate a user input for an integer you need to use compare validator control.
I have given a sample gridview below that contains a template column and compare validator control.
Particularly look at this item template section: you need to set ControlToValidate, Operator and Type
parameters to configure to your requirement.
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
<asp:CompareValidator ID="CompareValidator1" runat="server" ControlToValidate="TextBox1"
ErrorMessage="Value should be integer" Operator="DataTypeCheck" Type="Integer">
</asp:CompareValidator>
</ItemTemplate>

---------------------------------------------------
<asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="False"
DataKeyNames="OrderID"
DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1">
<Columns>
<asp:BoundField DataField="OrderID" HeaderText="OrderID" InsertVisible="False" ReadOnly="True"
SortExpression="OrderID" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="EmployeeID" HeaderText="EmployeeID" SortExpression="EmployeeID" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="OrderDate" HeaderText="OrderDate" SortExpression="OrderDate" />
<asp:CommandField ShowEditButton="True" />
<asp:TemplateField>
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
<asp:CompareValidator ID="CompareValidator1" runat="server" ControlToValidate="TextBox1"
ErrorMessage="Value should be integer" Operator="DataTypeCheck" Type="Integer">
</asp:CompareValidator>
</ItemTemplate>
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</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
</Columns>
</asp:GridView>
<asp:SqlDataSource ID="SqlDataSource1" runat="server" ConnectionString="<%$
ConnectionStrings:NorthwindConnectionString %>"
DeleteCommand="DELETE FROM [Orders] WHERE [OrderID] = @OrderID" InsertCommand="INSERT
INTO [Orders] ([CustomerID], [EmployeeID], [OrderDate]) VALUES (@CustomerID, @EmployeeID,
@OrderDate)"
SelectCommand="SELECT [OrderID], [CustomerID], [EmployeeID], [OrderDate] FROM [Orders]"
UpdateCommand="UPDATE [Orders] SET [CustomerID] = @CustomerID, [EmployeeID] =
@EmployeeID, [OrderDate] = @OrderDate WHERE [OrderID] = @OrderID">
<DeleteParameters>
<asp:Parameter Name="OrderID" Type="Int32" />
</DeleteParameters>
<UpdateParameters>
<asp:Parameter Name="CustomerID" Type="String" />
<asp:Parameter Name="EmployeeID" Type="Int32" />
<asp:Parameter Name="OrderDate" Type="DateTime" />
<asp:Parameter Name="OrderID" Type="Int32" />
</UpdateParameters>
<InsertParameters>
<asp:Parameter Name="CustomerID" Type="String" />
<asp:Parameter Name="EmployeeID" Type="Int32" />
<asp:Parameter Name="OrderDate" Type="DateTime" />
</InsertParameters>
</asp:SqlDataSource>

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Hi WoodrowS,
I am assuming that the column where the user is entering an integer is a template column. To
validate a user input for an integer you need to use compare validator control.
I have given a sample gridview below that contains a template column and compare validator control.
Particularly look at this item template section: you need to set ControlToValidate, Operator and Type
parameters to configure to your requirement.
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
<asp:CompareValidator ID="CompareValidator1" runat="server" ControlToValidate="TextBox1"
ErrorMessage="Value should be integer" Operator="DataTypeCheck" Type="Integer">
</asp:CompareValidator>
</ItemTemplate>

---------------------------------------------------
<asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="False"
DataKeyNames="OrderID"
DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1">
<Columns>
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<Columns>
<asp:BoundField DataField="OrderID" HeaderText="OrderID" InsertVisible="False" ReadOnly="True"
SortExpression="OrderID" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="EmployeeID" HeaderText="EmployeeID" SortExpression="EmployeeID" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="OrderDate" HeaderText="OrderDate" SortExpression="OrderDate" />
<asp:CommandField ShowEditButton="True" />
<asp:TemplateField>
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
<asp:CompareValidator ID="CompareValidator1" runat="server" ControlToValidate="TextBox1"
ErrorMessage="Value should be integer" Operator="DataTypeCheck" Type="Integer">
</asp:CompareValidator>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
</Columns>
</asp:GridView>
<asp:SqlDataSource ID="SqlDataSource1" runat="server" ConnectionString="<%$
ConnectionStrings:NorthwindConnectionString %>"
DeleteCommand="DELETE FROM [Orders] WHERE [OrderID] = @OrderID" InsertCommand="INSERT
INTO [Orders] ([CustomerID], [EmployeeID], [OrderDate]) VALUES (@CustomerID, @EmployeeID,
@OrderDate)"
SelectCommand="SELECT [OrderID], [CustomerID], [EmployeeID], [OrderDate] FROM [Orders]"
UpdateCommand="UPDATE [Orders] SET [CustomerID] = @CustomerID, [EmployeeID] =
@EmployeeID, [OrderDate] = @OrderDate WHERE [OrderID] = @OrderID">
<DeleteParameters>
<asp:Parameter Name="OrderID" Type="Int32" />
</DeleteParameters>
<UpdateParameters>
<asp:Parameter Name="CustomerID" Type="String" />
<asp:Parameter Name="EmployeeID" Type="Int32" />
<asp:Parameter Name="OrderDate" Type="DateTime" />
<asp:Parameter Name="OrderID" Type="Int32" />
</UpdateParameters>
<InsertParameters>
<asp:Parameter Name="CustomerID" Type="String" />
<asp:Parameter Name="EmployeeID" Type="Int32" />
<asp:Parameter Name="OrderDate" Type="DateTime" />
</InsertParameters>
</asp:SqlDataSource>

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Uday
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Tuesday, June 20, 2006 4:18 PM
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I don't know whether you are aware, but if you have a GridView with quite a few lines 100+, then
puting the CompareValidator within the ItemTemplate increase the page size drastically and slows
down the loading.
It would appear that each line of the GridView is linked to the CompareValidator routine (try "View
Source" when the page is loaded to see what I mean). I replaced it with some javascript, using the
"onblur" event of the text box. The code kind-of works, but is nothing like as good as the
validation that the CompareValidator gives.
Hopefully, somebody else will have a better solution
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Tuesday, June 20, 2006 4:34 PM
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Given what you've said, I hope someone will too. It seems to me that the DataFormatString
property is a very good option for simple validation but I have not been able to get it to work, for
example, I hae not been able to come up with a value there that allows only 3 digits or less.
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Wednesday, June 21, 2006 8:03 AM
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I know this will only slightly help, but you can restict the number of characters in an asp:textbox
by setting maxlength, e.g.
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox4" runat="server" Columns="3" MaxLength="3"></asp:TextBox>
The trouble is of course that it can be any characters.
I don't know about the DataFormatString, I would think that's really for displaying data
- I hope I'm wrong.
If you're doing postbacks on a line-by-line basis, then put the validator control in the
<EditItemTemplate> of your <TemplateControl> and you shouldn't get the problems I
was getting. I was posting the whole grid (to cut down on the postbacks), rather than
on a line by line basis, which is why I had to put the validator control in the
<ItemTemplate>, causing my "large page" problem.
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Is there any way to validate GridView fields to avoid inserting empty strings for fields that are
required? For the fields that allow NULL, to avoid an error, I used
ConvertEmptyStringToNull="false", the only problem left is to control the fields that do not
allow NULL values
<code>
<asp:GridView ID="Companies_GridView" runat="server" AllowPaging="True"
AutoGenerateColumns="False"
DataSourceID="ObjectDataSource_Companies" DataKeyNames="CompanyID,UserID,ModuleId"
CellPadding="4" CellSpacing="1" EnableViewState="False" ForeColor="Teal">
<Columns>
<asp:CommandField ShowDeleteButton="True" ShowEditButton="True" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="UserID" HeaderText="UserID" SortExpression="UserID" Visible="False" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="ModuleId" HeaderText="ModuleId" SortExpression="ModuleId"
Visible="False" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="CompanyID" HeaderText="Company ID" SortExpression="CompanyID" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="CompanyAbbrev" HeaderText="Company Abbrev"
SortExpression="CompanyAbbrev" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="CompanyName" HeaderText="Company Name"
SortExpression="CompanyName" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="Address" HeaderText="Address" SortExpression="Address" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="City" HeaderText="City" SortExpression="City" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="State" HeaderText="State" SortExpression="State" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="Zip" HeaderText="Zip/Postal Code" SortExpression="Zip" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="MainPhone" HeaderText="Main Phone" SortExpression="MainPhone" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="MainFax" HeaderText="Main Fax" SortExpression="MainFax"
ConvertEmptyStringToNull="false" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="Country" HeaderText="Country" SortExpression="Country"
ConvertEmptyStringToNull="false" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="Website" HeaderText="Website" SortExpression="Website"
ConvertEmptyStringToNull="false" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="CompanyDateCreated" HeaderText="Date Created"
SortExpression="CompanyDateCreated"
DataFormatString="{0:d}" HtmlEncode="False" ReadOnly="true" />
</Columns>
<EmptyDataTemplate>
There are no any Companies at this time
</EmptyDataTemplate>
</asp:GridView>
</code>
Thanks,
Waldis
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Well, to start with, convert your boundfields to be TemplateFields. In that way you can give
meaningful names to your input boxes like "txtCompanyName" which can be used in the
aspRequiredFieldValidator. For example using your bound field
<code>
<asp:TemplateField >
<EditItemTemplate>
<asp:TextBox ID="txtCompanyName" runat="Server" Text='<%=Bind("Name") %>'>
</asp:TextBox>
<asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="CompanyNameValidator" runat="server"
ErrorMessage="Name cannot be empty"
ControlToValidate="txtCompanyName">Name cannot be empty</asp:RequiredFieldValidator>
</EditItemTemplate>
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" Text='<%=Bind("Name") %>'></asp:TextBox>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
</code>

Now in the GridView create a CommandField and have it appear as a link. Make sure that the
ShowEditButton is set to true and then convert the commandField to be a TemplateField. The
code for it will look like the following snippet

<code>
<asp:TemplateField >
<EditItemTemplate>
<asp:LinkButton ID="NameEdit" runat="server" CausesValidation="True"
CommandName="Update"
Text="Update"></asp:LinkButton>
<asp:LinkButton ID="NameCancel" runat="server" CausesValidation="False"
CommandName="Cancel"
Text="Cancel"></asp:LinkButton>
</EditItemTemplate>
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:LinkButton ID="NameEdit" runat="server" CausesValidation="True"
CommandName="Edit"
Text="Edit"></asp:LinkButton>
</ItemTemplate>
/asp:TemplateField>
</code>

This sample works for me in .NET 2.0 using Visual Studio 2005. I have not tested the above using
the earlier versions.

Hope this helps.
-venu
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