GridViewUpdateEventArgs.OldValues Property
Definition
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Gets a dictionary containing the original field name/value pairs in the row to update.
public:
property System::Collections::Specialized::IOrderedDictionary ^ OldValues { System::Collections::Specialized::IOrderedDictionary ^ get(); };public System.Collections.Specialized.IOrderedDictionary OldValues { get; }member this.OldValues : System.Collections.Specialized.IOrderedDictionaryPublic ReadOnly Property OldValues As IOrderedDictionaryProperty Value
An IOrderedDictionary object that contains the original values of the field name/value pairs in the row to update.
Examples
The following example demonstrates how to use the OldValues property to access the original values of the fields in the row to update. The values are then written to a log file of updated records.
<%@ Page language="C#" %>
<%@ import namespace="System.IO" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">
void EmployeesGridView_RowUpdating(Object sender, GridViewUpdateEventArgs e)
{
// Record the update operation in a log file.
// Create the log text.
String logText = "";
// Append the original field values to the log text.
foreach (DictionaryEntry valueEntry in e.OldValues)
{
logText += valueEntry.Key + "=" + valueEntry.Value + ";";
}
// Append the text to a log file.
StreamWriter sw;
sw = File.AppendText(Server.MapPath(null) + "\\updatelog.txt");
sw.WriteLine(logText);
sw.Flush();
sw.Close();
}
void EmployeesGridView_RowUpdated(Object sender, GridViewUpdatedEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Exception == null)
{
// The update operation succeeded. Clear the message label.
Message.Text = "";
}
else
{
// The update operation failed. Display an error message.
Message.Text = e.AffectedRows.ToString() + " rows updated. " + e.Exception.Message;
e.ExceptionHandled = true;
}
}
</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
<title>GridViewUpdateEventArgs OldValues Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="Form1" runat="server">
<h3>GridViewUpdateEventArgs OldValues Example</h3>
<asp:label id="Message"
forecolor="Red"
runat="server"/>
<br/>
<!-- The GridView control automatically sets the columns -->
<!-- specified in the datakeynames attribute as read-only. -->
<!-- No input controls are rendered for these columns in -->
<!-- edit mode. -->
<asp:gridview id="EmployeesGridView"
datasourceid="EmployeesSqlDataSource"
DataKeyNames="EmployeeID"
autogenerateeditbutton="True"
onrowupdating="EmployeesGridView_RowUpdating"
onrowupdated="EmployeesGridView_RowUpdated"
runat="server">
</asp:gridview>
<!-- This example uses Microsoft SQL Server and connects -->
<!-- to the Northwind sample database. -->
<asp:sqldatasource id="EmployeesSqlDataSource"
selectcommand="SELECT [EmployeeID], [LastName], [FirstName], [HireDate] FROM [Employees]"
updatecommand="UPDATE [Employees] SET [LastName] = @LastName, [FirstName] = @FirstName, [HireDate] = @HireDate WHERE [EmployeeID] = @EmployeeID"
ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:NorthwindConnectionString %>"
runat="server" >
</asp:sqldatasource>
</form>
</body>
</html>
<%@ Page language="VB" %>
<%@ import namespace="System.IO" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">
Sub EmployeesGridView_RowUpdating(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As GridViewUpdateEventArgs)
' Record the update operation in a log file.
' Create the log text.
Dim logText As String = ""
' Append the original field values to the log text.
Dim i As Integer
For i = 0 To e.OldValues.Count - 1
logText += e.OldValues(i) & ";"
Next
' Append the text to a log file.
Dim sw As StreamWriter
sw = File.AppendText(Server.MapPath(Nothing) & "\updatelog.txt")
sw.WriteLine(logText)
sw.Flush()
sw.Close()
End Sub
Sub EmployeesGridView_RowUpdated(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As GridViewUpdatedEventArgs)
If e.Exception Is Nothing Then
' The update operation succeeded. Clear the message label.
Message.Text = ""
Else
' The update operation failed. Display an error message.
Message.Text = e.AffectedRows.ToString() & " rows updated. " & e.Exception.Message
e.ExceptionHandled = True
End If
End Sub
</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>GridViewUpdateEventArgs OldValues Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="Form1" runat="server">
<h3>GridViewUpdateEventArgs OldValues Example</h3>
<asp:label id="Message"
forecolor="Red"
runat="server"/>
<br/>
<!-- The GridView control automatically sets the columns -->
<!-- specified in the datakeynames attribute as read-only. -->
<!-- No input controls are rendered for these columns in -->
<!-- edit mode. -->
<asp:gridview id="EmployeesGridView"
datasourceid="EmployeesSqlDataSource"
DataKeyNames="EmployeeID"
autogenerateeditbutton="True"
onrowupdating="EmployeesGridView_RowUpdating"
onrowupdated="EmployeesGridView_RowUpdated"
runat="server">
</asp:gridview>
<!-- This example uses Microsoft SQL Server and connects -->
<!-- to the Northwind sample database. -->
<asp:sqldatasource id="EmployeesSqlDataSource"
selectcommand="SELECT [EmployeeID], [LastName], [FirstName], [HireDate] FROM [Employees]"
updatecommand="UPDATE [Employees] SET [LastName] = @LastName, [FirstName] = @FirstName, [HireDate] = @HireDate WHERE [EmployeeID] = @EmployeeID"
ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:NorthwindConnectionString %>"
runat="server" >
</asp:sqldatasource>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Remarks
Use the OldValues property (dictionary) to access the original values of the fields in the row to update. This dictionary contains all fields in the row except the key fields. The key fields are defined in the DataKeyNames property of a GridView control.
Note
You can access the key fields of the row by using the Keys property. To access the revised values of the non-key fields in the row, use the NewValues property.
The OldValues property is automatically populated with the original values of all the field name/value pairs in the row. A separate entry is added to the OldValues property for each field in the row.
To determine the field name of an entry, use the DictionaryEntry.Key property of a System.Collections.DictionaryEntry object contained in the OldValues dictionary. To determine the value of an entry, use the DictionaryEntry.Value property.
