dropdownlist in a footer of gridview - asp.net

Question

I have asp grid view and i created 4 columns(Id,Name,quantity,price) and a footer. i have bounded all the 4 columns from the database. in the footer template, i added a dropdown list item.
every thing is working fine but, the problem is in the footer templalte dropdownlist is added after all the 4 columns but i want to add the dropdown footer to the 2nd column(Name).
Please apologise for my english n Help me
I used the following code:
<asp:GridView ID="gv_page2" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="False"
BackColor="White" BorderColor="#999999" BorderStyle="Solid" BorderWidth="1px"
CellPadding="3" ForeColor="Black" GridLines="Vertical" ShowFooter="True">
<AlternatingRowStyle BackColor="#CCCCCC" />
<FooterStyle BackColor="Black" />
<HeaderStyle BackColor="Black" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="White" />
<PagerStyle BackColor="#999999" ForeColor="Black" HorizontalAlign="Center" />
<SelectedRowStyle BackColor="#000099" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="White" />
<SortedAscendingCellStyle BackColor="#F1F1F1" />
<SortedAscendingHeaderStyle BackColor="#808080" />
<SortedDescendingCellStyle BackColor="#CAC9C9" />
<SortedDescendingHeaderStyle BackColor="#383838" />
<Columns>
<asp:BoundField DataField="PRO_ID" HeaderText="PRO_ID" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="NAME" HeaderText="NAME" ItemStyle-Width="100px"/>
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Quantity">
<ItemTemplate> <asp:TextBox runat="server" Width="100px"></asp:TextBox></ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
<asp:BoundField HeaderText="PRICE" ItemStyle-Width="80px"/>
<asp:BoundField HeaderText="TOTAL_PRICE"/>
<asp:TemplateField>
<FooterTempenter code herelate >
<asp:DropDownList ID="ftrDDL" runat="server" DataTextField="PRO_ID" AppendDataBoundItems="true" DataSourceID="" Width="130px" EnableViewState="true" >
<asp:ListItem Text="SELECT ONE" Value=""></asp:ListItem>
</asp:DropDownList>
</FooterTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
</Columns>
</asp:GridView>

Answer 1

you need to modify the template of second column
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Name">
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Label ID="lblName" Text='<%# Databinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,"Name") %>'
runat="server" Width="100px"></asp:Label></ItemTemplate>
<FooterTemplate>
<asp:DropDownList ID="ftrDDL" runat="server" DataTextField="PRO_ID" AppendDataBoundItems="true"
DataSourceID="" Width="130px" EnableViewState="true">
<asp:ListItem Text="SELECT ONE" Value=""></asp:ListItem>
</FooterTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
I have not tested the code but this should work .Let me know if it did not work

Answer 2

Is it required you add the drop down list in the footer?
I would suggest adding the drop down to the Name column. The footer will always load last.

Answer 3

Use template filed for Name
<asp:GridView ID="gv_page2" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="False" BackColor="White"
BorderColor="#999999" BorderStyle="Solid" BorderWidth="1px" CellPadding="3" ForeColor="Black"
GridLines="Vertical" ShowFooter="True">
<AlternatingRowStyle BackColor="#CCCCCC" />
<FooterStyle BackColor="Black" />
<HeaderStyle BackColor="Black" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="White" />
<PagerStyle BackColor="#999999" ForeColor="Black" HorizontalAlign="Center" />
<SelectedRowStyle BackColor="#000099" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="White" />
<SortedAscendingCellStyle BackColor="#F1F1F1" />
<SortedAscendingHeaderStyle BackColor="#808080" />
<SortedDescendingCellStyle BackColor="#CAC9C9" />
<SortedDescendingHeaderStyle BackColor="#383838" />
<Columns>
<asp:BoundField DataField="PRO_ID" HeaderText="PRO_ID" />
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Name">
<ItemTemplate>
</ItemTemplate>
<FooterTemplate>
<asp:DropDownList ID="ftrDDL" runat="server" DataTextField="PRO_ID" AppendDataBoundItems="true"
DataSourceID="" Width="130px" EnableViewState="true">
</asp:DropDownList>
</FooterTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Quantity">
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server" Width="100px"></asp:TextBox></ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
<asp:BoundField HeaderText="PRICE" ItemStyle-Width="80px">
<ItemStyle Width="80px"></ItemStyle>
</asp:BoundField>
<asp:BoundField HeaderText="TOTAL_PRICE" />
</Columns>
</asp:GridView>