DetailsView.ItemInserting Event

Definition

Occurs when an Insert button within a DetailsView control is clicked, but before the insert operation.

public:
 event System::Web::UI::WebControls::DetailsViewInsertEventHandler ^ ItemInserting;
public event System.Web.UI.WebControls.DetailsViewInsertEventHandler ItemInserting;
member this.ItemInserting : System.Web.UI.WebControls.DetailsViewInsertEventHandler 
Public Custom Event ItemInserting As DetailsViewInsertEventHandler 

Event Type

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use the ItemInserting event to HTML-encode the values entered by the user before a new record is added to the data source.


<%@ Page Language="C#" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">
  void CustomerDetail_ItemInserted(object sender, 
    DetailsViewInsertedEventArgs e)
  {
    // Refresh the GridView control after a new record is inserted 
    // in the DetailsView control.
    CustomersView.DataBind();
  }

  void CustomerDetail_ItemInserting(object sender, 
    DetailsViewInsertEventArgs e)
  {
    // Iterate though the values entered by the user and HTML encode 
    // the values. This helps prevent malicious values from being 
    // stored in the data source.
    for (int i = 0; i < e.Values.Count; i++)
    {
      if (e.Values[i] != null)
      {
        e.Values[i] = Server.HtmlEncode(e.Values[i].ToString());
      }
    }
  }

  void CustomerDetail_ItemUpdated(object sender, 
    DetailsViewUpdatedEventArgs e)
  {
    // Refresh the GridView control after a new record is updated 
    // in the DetailsView control.
    CustomersView.DataBind();
  }

  void CustomerDetail_ItemUpdating(object sender, 
    DetailsViewUpdateEventArgs e)
  {
    // Iterate though the values entered by the user and HTML encode 
    // the values. This helps prevent malicious values from being 
    // stored in the data source.
    for (int i = 0; i < e.NewValues.Count; i++)
    {
      if (e.NewValues[i] != null)
      {
        e.NewValues[i] = Server.HtmlEncode(e.NewValues[i].ToString());
      }
    }
  }

  void CustomerDetail_ItemDeleted(object sender, 
    DetailsViewDeletedEventArgs e)
  {
    // Refresh the GridView control after a new record is updated 
    // in the DetailsView control.
    CustomersView.DataBind();
  }
</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
    <title>
      DetailsView Example</title>
</head>
<body>
  <form id="Form1" runat="server">
    <h3>
      DetailsView Example</h3>
    <table cellspacing="10">
      <tr>
        <td>
          <!-- Use a GridView control in combination with      -->
          <!-- a DetailsView control to display master-detail  -->
          <!-- information. When the user selects a store from -->
          <!-- GridView control, the customers//s detailed     -->
          <!-- information is displayed in the DetailsView     -->
          <!-- control.                                        -->
          <asp:GridView ID="CustomersView" DataSourceID="Customers" 
            AutoGenerateColumns="False"
            DataKeyNames="CustomerID" runat="server">
            <HeaderStyle BackColor="Blue" ForeColor="White" />
            <Columns>
              <asp:CommandField ShowSelectButton="True" />
              <asp:BoundField DataField="ContactName" 
                HeaderText="ContactName" />
              <asp:BoundField DataField="CompanyName" 
                HeaderText="CompanyName" />
            </Columns>
          </asp:GridView>
        </td>
        <td valign="top">
          <asp:DetailsView ID="CustomerDetail" 
            DataSourceID="Details" AutoGenerateRows="false"
            AutoGenerateInsertButton="true" 
            AutoGenerateEditButton="true" 
            AutoGenerateDeleteButton="true"
            EmptyDataText="No records." 
            DataKeyNames="CustomerID" GridLines="Both" 
            OnItemInserted="CustomerDetail_ItemInserted"
            OnItemInserting="CustomerDetail_ItemInserting" 
            OnItemUpdated="CustomerDetail_ItemUpdated"
            OnItemUpdating="CustomerDetail_ItemUpdating" 
            OnItemDeleted="CustomerDetail_ItemDeleted"
            runat="server">
            <HeaderStyle BackColor="Navy" ForeColor="White" />
            <RowStyle BackColor="White" />
            <AlternatingRowStyle BackColor="LightGray" />
            <EditRowStyle BackColor="LightCyan" />
            <Fields>
              <asp:BoundField DataField="CustomerID" HeaderText="CustomerID" ReadOnly="True" />
              <asp:BoundField DataField="ContactName" HeaderText="ContactName" />
              <asp:BoundField DataField="ContactTitle" HeaderText="ContactTitle" />
              <asp:BoundField DataField="CompanyName" HeaderText="CompanyName" />
              <asp:BoundField DataField="Address" HeaderText="Address" />
              <asp:BoundField DataField="City" HeaderText="City" />
              <asp:BoundField DataField="Region" HeaderText="Region" />
              <asp:BoundField DataField="PostalCode" HeaderText="PostalCode" />
              <asp:BoundField DataField="Country" HeaderText="Country" />
              <asp:BoundField DataField="Phone" HeaderText="Phone" />
              <asp:BoundField DataField="Fax" HeaderText="Fax" />
            </Fields>
          </asp:DetailsView>
        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>
    <!-- This example uses Microsoft SQL Server and connects -->
    <!-- to the Northwind sample database.                   -->
    <!-- It is strongly recommended that each data-bound     -->
    <!-- control uses a separate data source control.        -->
    <asp:SqlDataSource ID="Customers" runat="server" 
      ConnectionString=
        "<%$ ConnectionStrings:NorthwindConnectionString %>"
      SelectCommand="SELECT [CompanyName], [ContactName], [CustomerID] 
        FROM [Customers]">
    </asp:SqlDataSource>
    <!-- Add a filter to the data source control for the     -->
    <!-- DetailsView control to display the details of the   -->
    <!-- store selected in the GridView control.             -->
    <asp:SqlDataSource ID="Details" 
      ConnectionString=
        "<%$ ConnectionStrings:NorthwindConnectionString %>"
      runat="server" 
      SelectCommand="SELECT * FROM [Customers] 
        WHERE ([CustomerID] = @CustomerID)"
      DeleteCommand="DELETE FROM [Customers] 
        WHERE [CustomerID] = @CustomerID"
      InsertCommand="INSERT INTO [Customers] ([CustomerID], 
        [CompanyName], [ContactName], [ContactTitle], [Address], 
        [City], [Region], [PostalCode], [Country], [Phone], [Fax]) 
        VALUES (@CustomerID, @CompanyName, @ContactName, @ContactTitle, 
        @Address, @City, @Region, @PostalCode, @Country, @Phone, @Fax)"
      UpdateCommand="UPDATE [Customers] SET [CompanyName] = @CompanyName, 
        [ContactName] = @ContactName, [ContactTitle] = @ContactTitle, 
        [Address] = @Address, [City] = @City, [Region] = @Region, 
        [PostalCode] = @PostalCode, [Country] = @Country, 
        [Phone] = @Phone, [Fax] = @Fax 
        WHERE [CustomerID] = @CustomerID">
      <SelectParameters>
        <asp:ControlParameter ControlID="CustomersView" 
          Name="CustomerID" PropertyName="SelectedValue"
          Type="String" />
      </SelectParameters>
      <DeleteParameters>
        <asp:Parameter Name="CustomerID" Type="String" />
      </DeleteParameters>
      <UpdateParameters>
        <asp:Parameter Name="CompanyName" Type="String" />
        <asp:Parameter Name="ContactName" Type="String" />
        <asp:Parameter Name="ContactTitle" Type="String" />
        <asp:Parameter Name="Address" Type="String" />
        <asp:Parameter Name="City" Type="String" />
        <asp:Parameter Name="Region" Type="String" />
        <asp:Parameter Name="PostalCode" Type="String" />
        <asp:Parameter Name="Country" Type="String" />
        <asp:Parameter Name="Phone" Type="String" />
        <asp:Parameter Name="Fax" Type="String" />
        <asp:Parameter Name="CustomerID" Type="String" />
      </UpdateParameters>
      <InsertParameters>
        <asp:Parameter Name="CustomerID" Type="String" />
        <asp:Parameter Name="CompanyName" Type="String" />
        <asp:Parameter Name="ContactName" Type="String" />
        <asp:Parameter Name="ContactTitle" Type="String" />
        <asp:Parameter Name="Address" Type="String" />
        <asp:Parameter Name="City" Type="String" />
        <asp:Parameter Name="Region" Type="String" />
        <asp:Parameter Name="PostalCode" Type="String" />
        <asp:Parameter Name="Country" Type="String" />
        <asp:Parameter Name="Phone" Type="String" />
        <asp:Parameter Name="Fax" Type="String" />
      </InsertParameters>
    </asp:SqlDataSource>
  </form>
</body>
</html>
<%@ Page Language="VB" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">
  Sub CustomerDetail_ItemInserted(ByVal sender As Object, _
    ByVal e As DetailsViewInsertedEventArgs)
    ' Refresh the GridView control after a new record is inserted in 
    ' the DetailsView control.
    CustomersView.DataBind()
  End Sub
  
  Sub CustomerDetail_ItemInserting(ByVal sender As Object, _
    ByVal e As DetailsViewInsertEventArgs)
    ' Iterate though the values entered by the user and HTML encode 
    ' the values. This helps prevent malicious values from being 
    ' stored in the data source.
    For i As Integer = 0 To e.Values.Count - 1
      If e.Values(i) IsNot Nothing Then
        e.Values(i) = Server.HtmlEncode(e.Values(i).ToString())
      End If
    Next
  End Sub
  
  Sub CustomerDetail_ItemUpdated(ByVal sender As Object, _
    ByVal e As DetailsViewUpdatedEventArgs)
    ' Refresh the GridView control after a new record is updated 
    ' in the DetailsView control.
    CustomersView.DataBind()
  End Sub
  
  Sub CustomerDetail_ItemUpdating(ByVal sender As Object, _
    ByVal e As DetailsViewUpdateEventArgs)
    ' Iterate though the values entered by the user and HTML encode 
    ' the values. This helps prevent malicious values from being 
    ' stored in the data source.
    For i As Integer = 0 To e.NewValues.Count - 1
      If e.NewValues(i) IsNot Nothing Then
        e.NewValues(i) = Server.HtmlEncode(e.NewValues(i).ToString())
      End If
    Next
  End Sub
  
  Sub CustomerDetail_ItemDeleted(ByVal sender As Object, _
    ByVal e As DetailsViewDeletedEventArgs)
    ' Refresh the GridView control after a new record is updated 
    ' in the DetailsView control.
    CustomersView.DataBind()
  End Sub
</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
    <title>DetailsView Example</title>
</head>
<body>
  <form id="Form1" runat="server">
    <h3>DetailsView Example</h3>
    <table cellspacing="10">
      <tr>
        <td>
          <!-- Use a GridView control in combination with      -->
          <!-- a DetailsView control to display master-detail  -->
          <!-- information. When the user selects a store from -->
          <!-- GridView control, the customers's detailed      -->
          <!-- information is displayed in the DetailsView     -->
          <!-- control.                                        -->
          <asp:GridView ID="CustomersView" DataSourceID="Customers" 
            AutoGenerateColumns="False"
            DataKeyNames="CustomerID" runat="server">
            <HeaderStyle BackColor="Blue" ForeColor="White" />
            <Columns>
              <asp:CommandField ShowSelectButton="True" />
              <asp:BoundField DataField="ContactName" 
                HeaderText="ContactName" />
              <asp:BoundField DataField="CompanyName" 
                HeaderText="CompanyName" />
            </Columns>
          </asp:GridView>
        </td>
        <td valign="top">
          <asp:DetailsView ID="CustomerDetail" DataSourceID="Details" 
            AutoGenerateRows="false"
            AutoGenerateInsertButton="true" 
            AutoGenerateEditButton="true" 
            AutoGenerateDeleteButton="true"
            EmptyDataText="No records." 
            DataKeyNames="CustomerID" GridLines="Both" 
            OnItemInserted="CustomerDetail_ItemInserted"
            OnItemInserting="CustomerDetail_ItemInserting" 
            OnItemUpdated="CustomerDetail_ItemUpdated"
            OnItemUpdating="CustomerDetail_ItemUpdating" 
            OnItemDeleted="CustomerDetail_ItemDeleted"
            runat="server">
            <HeaderStyle BackColor="Navy" ForeColor="White" />
            <RowStyle BackColor="White" />
            <AlternatingRowStyle BackColor="LightGray" />
            <EditRowStyle BackColor="LightCyan" />
            <Fields>
              <asp:BoundField DataField="CustomerID" HeaderText="CustomerID" 
                ReadOnly="True" />
              <asp:BoundField DataField="ContactName" HeaderText="ContactName" />
              <asp:BoundField DataField="ContactTitle" HeaderText="ContactTitle" />
              <asp:BoundField DataField="CompanyName" HeaderText="CompanyName" />
              <asp:BoundField DataField="Address" HeaderText="Address" />
              <asp:BoundField DataField="City" HeaderText="City" />
              <asp:BoundField DataField="Region" HeaderText="Region" />
              <asp:BoundField DataField="PostalCode" HeaderText="PostalCode" />
              <asp:BoundField DataField="Country" HeaderText="Country" />
              <asp:BoundField DataField="Phone" HeaderText="Phone" />
              <asp:BoundField DataField="Fax" HeaderText="Fax" />
            </Fields>
          </asp:DetailsView>
        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>
    <!-- This example uses Microsoft SQL Server and connects -->
    <!-- to the Northwind sample database.                   -->
    <!-- It is strongly recommended that each data-bound     -->
    <!-- control uses a separate data source control.        -->
    <asp:SqlDataSource ID="Customers" runat="server" 
      ConnectionString=
        "<%$ ConnectionStrings:NorthwindConnectionString %>"
      SelectCommand="SELECT [CompanyName], [ContactName], [CustomerID] 
        FROM [Customers]">
    </asp:SqlDataSource>
    <!-- Add a filter to the data source control for the     -->
    <!-- DetailsView control to display the details of the   -->
    <!-- store selected in the GridView control.             -->
    <asp:SqlDataSource ID="Details" 
      ConnectionString=
        "<%$ ConnectionStrings:NorthwindConnectionString %>"
      runat="server" 
      SelectCommand="SELECT * FROM [Customers] 
        WHERE ([CustomerID] = @CustomerID)"
      DeleteCommand="DELETE FROM [Customers] 
        WHERE [CustomerID] = @CustomerID"
      InsertCommand="INSERT INTO [Customers] ([CustomerID], 
        [CompanyName], [ContactName], [ContactTitle], [Address], 
        [City], [Region], [PostalCode], [Country], [Phone], [Fax]) 
        VALUES (@CustomerID, @CompanyName, @ContactName, 
        @ContactTitle, @Address, @City, @Region, @PostalCode, 
        @Country, @Phone, @Fax)"
      UpdateCommand="UPDATE [Customers] SET 
        [CompanyName] = @CompanyName, 
        [ContactName] = @ContactName, [ContactTitle] = @ContactTitle, 
        [Address] = @Address, [City] = @City, [Region] = @Region, 
        [PostalCode] = @PostalCode, [Country] = @Country, 
        [Phone] = @Phone, [Fax] = @Fax 
        WHERE [CustomerID] = @CustomerID">
      <SelectParameters>
        <asp:ControlParameter ControlID="CustomersView" 
          Name="CustomerID" PropertyName="SelectedValue"
          Type="String" />
      </SelectParameters>
      <DeleteParameters>
        <asp:Parameter Name="CustomerID" Type="String" />
      </DeleteParameters>
      <UpdateParameters>
        <asp:Parameter Name="CompanyName" Type="String" />
        <asp:Parameter Name="ContactName" Type="String" />
        <asp:Parameter Name="ContactTitle" Type="String" />
        <asp:Parameter Name="Address" Type="String" />
        <asp:Parameter Name="City" Type="String" />
        <asp:Parameter Name="Region" Type="String" />
        <asp:Parameter Name="PostalCode" Type="String" />
        <asp:Parameter Name="Country" Type="String" />
        <asp:Parameter Name="Phone" Type="String" />
        <asp:Parameter Name="Fax" Type="String" />
        <asp:Parameter Name="CustomerID" Type="String" />
      </UpdateParameters>
      <InsertParameters>
        <asp:Parameter Name="CustomerID" Type="String" />
        <asp:Parameter Name="CompanyName" Type="String" />
        <asp:Parameter Name="ContactName" Type="String" />
        <asp:Parameter Name="ContactTitle" Type="String" />
        <asp:Parameter Name="Address" Type="String" />
        <asp:Parameter Name="City" Type="String" />
        <asp:Parameter Name="Region" Type="String" />
        <asp:Parameter Name="PostalCode" Type="String" />
        <asp:Parameter Name="Country" Type="String" />
        <asp:Parameter Name="Phone" Type="String" />
        <asp:Parameter Name="Fax" Type="String" />
      </InsertParameters>
    </asp:SqlDataSource>
  </form>
</body>
</html>

Remarks

The ItemInserting event is raised when an Insert button within a DetailsView control is clicked, but before the insert operation. This allows you to provide an event handler that performs a custom routine, such as canceling the insert operation, whenever this event occurs.

A DetailsViewInsertEventArgs object is passed to the event handler, which allows you to indicate that the insert operation should be canceled. To cancel the insert operation, set the Cancel property to true. You can also manipulate the Values collection, if necessary, before the values are passed to the data source.

For more information about how to handle events, see Handling and Raising Events.

Applies to

See also