How to delete row from gridview's RowDataBound event - asp.net

Question

I am trying to delete a row from a gridview (based on a condition) and then add than row to another gridview inside of the "master" gridview's RowDataBound event. Originally I did not know that in order to call .DeleteRow(i) you needed to have an "ondelete" event handler. However, since all the gridview's .DeleteRow method does is call this event handler, I am confused as to how to use it. Can someone please help point me in the right direction?
Protected Sub grdProduct_RowDataBound(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Web.UI.WebControls.GridViewRowEventArgs) Handles grdProduct.RowDataBound
' Grey out expired products
Dim row As GridViewRow
row = e.Row
Dim incomingDate As String
Dim incomingStatus As String = ""
incomingDate = row.Cells(3).Text.ToString()
incomingStatus = row.Cells(5).Text.ToString()
If (e.Row.RowType <> DataControlRowType.DataRow) Then
Exit Sub
End If
Try
Dim expDate As Date = incomingDate
If (expDate < DateTime.Today Or incomingStatus.Equals("D")) Then
'Create object for RowValues
Dim RowValues As Object() = {"", "", "", "", "", ""}
'Create counter to prevent out of bounds exception
Dim i As Integer = row.Cells.Count
'Fill row values appropriately
For index As Integer = 0 To i - 1
RowValues(index) = row.Cells(index).Text
Next
'create new data row
dProdRow = dProdtable.Rows.Add(RowValues)
dProdtable.AcceptChanges()
grdProduct.DeleteRow(e.Row.RowIndex)
End If
Catch ex As Exception
End Try
End Sub
Protected Sub grdProduct_Delete(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Web.UI.WebControls.GridViewDeleteEventArgs) Handles grdProduct.RowDeleting
'Not sure what to do here
End Sub

Answer 1

The best way to do this is to manipulate this at the datasource level rather than manipulating the UI components themselves.
For example:
if(!IsPostback)
{
DataTable one = ...
DataTable two = ...
var removeRows = (from c in one.AsEnumerable()
where c.Field<DateTime>("incomingDate")< incomingDate ||
c.Field<string>("incomingStatus")=="D"
select c).ToList();
for(var item in removeRows)
{
two.ImportRow(item);
}
//now delete from initial table
foreach(var item in removeRows)
{
one.Rows.Remove(item);
}
//Now bind both grids
grid1.DataSource=one;
grid1.DataBind();
grid2.DataSource=two;
grid2.DataBind();
}
Update - Sample toy program in VB.NET Hopefully you can adapt it to your situation.
Sub Main
Dim one As New DataTable()
one.Columns.Add("one", GetType(Integer))
For i As Integer = 0 To 9
Dim r As DataRow = one.NewRow()
r.ItemArray = New Object() {i}
one.Rows.Add(r)
Next
Dim two As New DataTable()
two.Columns.Add("one", GetType(Integer))
For i As Integer = 0 To 9
Dim r As DataRow = two.NewRow()
r.ItemArray = New Object() {i}
two.Rows.Add(r)
Next
Dim removeRows = (From c In one.AsEnumerable() Where c.Field(Of Integer)("one") = 5).ToList()
For Each item As DataRow In removeRows
two.ImportRow(item)
Next
For Each item As DataRow In removeRows
one.Rows.Remove(item)
Next
End Sub
I just realized that you are using VB.NET. You should be able to translate the above from C# to VB.NET. The general idea is there, anyway.