i have a datalist that displays the titles of events.When i click a title i want to display the event details like date,venue,description... outside the datalist
this is my code:

<asp:DataList ID="dlEvents" runat="server" HorizontalAlign="Left" GridLines="Both"
                        OnSelectedIndexChanged="SelectedIndexChanged">
                        <HeaderTemplate>
                            Events
                        </HeaderTemplate>
                        <HeaderStyle Font-Bold="true" Font-Size="16px" />
                        <ItemTemplate>
                            <table onmouseover="dg_changeBackColor(this, true);" onmouseout="dg_changeBackColor(this, false);">
                                <tr>
                                    <td>
                                        <%--  <asp:Label ID="lblEvntId" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("prison_event_id") %>' Visible="false"></asp:Label>--%>
                                        <asp:Label ID="lblEvntTitle" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("prison_event_title") %>'></asp:Label>
                                        <asp:Label ID="lblEvntId" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("prison_event_id") %>' Visible="false"></asp:Label>
                                        <asp:Label ID="lblEvntDate" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("prison_event_date") %>'
                                            Visible="false"></asp:Label></td>
                                    <asp:Label ID="lblEvntVenue" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("prison_event_venue") %>'
                                        Visible="false"></asp:Label>
                                    <asp:TextBox ID="txtEvntDesc" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("prison_event_description") %>'
                                        ReadOnly="true" Visible="false"></asp:TextBox>
                                    <asp:Button CommandName="Select" runat="server" Text="View Details" ID="btnEvntDetails">
                                    </asp:Button>
                                    </td>
                                </tr>
                            </table>
                        </ItemTemplate>
                    </asp:DataList></div>
                <div id="body-right">
                    <table id="tblEvntDetails">
                        <tr>
                            <td>
                                <asp:Label ID="lblEvntId" runat="server" Visible="false"></asp:Label>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td>
                                <asp:Label ID="lblEvntTitle" runat="server"></asp:Label></td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td>
                                <asp:Label ID="lblEvntDate" runat="server"></asp:Label></td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td>
                                <asp:Label ID="lblEvntVenue" runat="server"></asp:Label>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td>
                                <asp:TextBox ID="txtEvntDesc" runat="server" ReadOnly="true"></asp:TextBox>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                    </table>

the codebehind has the following code

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        if (!Page.IsPostBack)
        {
            this.loadData();

        }
    }

    protected void loadData()
    {

        BLL_NewsAndEvents objNe = new BLL_NewsAndEvents();
        objNe.viewEvents(this.dlEvents);
        objNe.Close();

    }
protected void SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
       //  string ID = (String)dlEvents.DataKeyField;
       Label lblEvntId = (Label)dlEvents.SelectedItem.FindControl("lblEvntId");
        Label lblEvntTitle = (Label)dlEvents.SelectedItem.FindControl("lblEvntTitle");
        Label lblEvntDate = (Label)dlEvents.SelectedItem.FindControl("lblEvntDate");
        Label lblEvntVenue = (Label)dlEvents.SelectedItem.FindControl("lblEvntVenue");
        TextBox txtEvntDesc = (TextBox)dlEvents.SelectedItem.FindControl("txtEvntDesc");


    }

but when i run the code the get the following error:

DataBinding: 'System.Data.DataRowView' does not contain a property with the name 'prison_event_id'.I have 'prison_event_id' in my table

please tell me wot to do

i have a datalist that displays the titles of events.When i click a title i want to display the event details like date,venue,description... outside the datalist
this is my code:

<asp:DataList ID="dlEvents" runat="server" HorizontalAlign="Left" GridLines="Both"
                        OnSelectedIndexChanged="SelectedIndexChanged">
                        <HeaderTemplate>
                            Events
                        </HeaderTemplate>
                        <HeaderStyle Font-Bold="true" Font-Size="16px" />
                        <ItemTemplate>
                            <table onmouseover="dg_changeBackColor(this, true);" onmouseout="dg_changeBackColor(this, false);">
                                <tr>
                                    <td>
                                        <%--  <asp:Label ID="lblEvntId" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("prison_event_id") %>' Visible="false"></asp:Label>--%>
                                        <asp:Label ID="lblEvntTitle" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("prison_event_title") %>'></asp:Label>
                                        <asp:Label ID="lblEvntId" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("prison_event_id") %>' Visible="false"></asp:Label>
                                        <asp:Label ID="lblEvntDate" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("prison_event_date") %>'
                                            Visible="false"></asp:Label></td>
                                    <asp:Label ID="lblEvntVenue" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("prison_event_venue") %>'
                                        Visible="false"></asp:Label>
                                    <asp:TextBox ID="txtEvntDesc" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("prison_event_description") %>'
                                        ReadOnly="true" Visible="false"></asp:TextBox>
                                    <asp:Button CommandName="Select" runat="server" Text="View Details" ID="btnEvntDetails">
                                    </asp:Button>
                                    </td>
                                </tr>
                            </table>
                        </ItemTemplate>
                    </asp:DataList></div>
                <div id="body-right">
                    <table id="tblEvntDetails">
                        <tr>
                            <td>
                                <asp:Label ID="lblEvntId" runat="server" Visible="false"></asp:Label>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td>
                                <asp:Label ID="lblEvntTitle" runat="server"></asp:Label></td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td>
                                <asp:Label ID="lblEvntDate" runat="server"></asp:Label></td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td>
                                <asp:Label ID="lblEvntVenue" runat="server"></asp:Label>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td>
                                <asp:TextBox ID="txtEvntDesc" runat="server" ReadOnly="true"></asp:TextBox>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                    </table>

the codebehind has the following code

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        if (!Page.IsPostBack)
        {
            this.loadData();

        }
    }

    protected void loadData()
    {

        BLL_NewsAndEvents objNe = new BLL_NewsAndEvents();
        objNe.viewEvents(this.dlEvents);
        objNe.Close();

    }
protected void SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
       //  string ID = (String)dlEvents.DataKeyField;
       Label lblEvntId = (Label)dlEvents.SelectedItem.FindControl("lblEvntId");
        Label lblEvntTitle = (Label)dlEvents.SelectedItem.FindControl("lblEvntTitle");
        Label lblEvntDate = (Label)dlEvents.SelectedItem.FindControl("lblEvntDate");
        Label lblEvntVenue = (Label)dlEvents.SelectedItem.FindControl("lblEvntVenue");
        TextBox txtEvntDesc = (TextBox)dlEvents.SelectedItem.FindControl("txtEvntDesc");


    }

but when i run the code the get the following error:

DataBinding: 'System.Data.DataRowView' does not contain a property with the name 'prison_event_id'.I have 'prison_event_id' in my table

please tell me wot to do

I guess you need to set DataKeyField property of DataList control with your prison_event_id .

thanx.I changed my code a bit...

<asp:DataList ID="dlEvents" runat="server" Width="90%" GridLines="both" CellPadding="5"
                          OnSelectedIndexChanged="SelectedIndexChanged" DataKeyField="prison_event_title">
                         <%--OnItemCommand="getSelected"--%>
                        <HeaderStyle BackColor="lightsteelblue"/>
                        <SelectedItemStyle BackColor="lightgreen" />
                        <HeaderTemplate>
                            Titles
                        </HeaderTemplate>
                        <ItemTemplate>
                            <asp:LinkButton ID="Linkbutton1" runat="server" CommandName="select" Text='<%# Bind("prison_event_title") %>' />
                        </ItemTemplate>
                        <SelectedItemTemplate>
                            <asp:DataList ID="dlEvntDetails" runat="server">
                            <HeaderTemplate>
                            Event Details
                            </HeaderTemplate>
                            <ItemTemplate><div id="title" class="title" runat="server">
                                <asp:Label ID="lblEvntTitle" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("prison_event_title") %>'></asp:Label></div>
                                <asp:Label ID="lblEvntId" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("prison_event_id") %>' Visible="false"></asp:Label>
                                <asp:Label ID="lblEvntDate" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("prison_event_date") %>'></asp:Label></td>
                                <asp:Label ID="lblEvntVenue" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("prison_event_venue") %>'></asp:Label>
                                <asp:TextBox ID="txtEvntDesc" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("prison_event_description") %>'
                                    ReadOnly="true"></asp:TextBox></ItemTemplate>
                            </asp:DataList>
                            
                            
                           
                        </SelectedItemTemplate>
                    </asp:DataList>

and thhe code behind is

protected void SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
       
        Label lblEvntId = (Label)dlEvents.SelectedItem.FindControl("lblEvntId");
        Label lblEvntTitle = (Label)dlEvents.SelectedItem.FindControl("lblEvntTitle");
        Label lblEvntDate = (Label)dlEvents.SelectedItem.FindControl("lblEvntDate");
        Label lblEvntVenue = (Label)dlEvents.SelectedItem.FindControl("lblEvntVenue");
        TextBox txtEvntDesc = (TextBox)dlEvents.SelectedItem.FindControl("txtEvntDesc");
        DataList dlEvntDetails = (DataList)dlEvents.SelectedItem.FindControl("dlEvntDetails");
        BLL_NewsAndEvents objNE = new BLL_NewsAndEvents();
        objNE.viewEvntDetails(dlEvntDetails, txtEvntDesc.Text.Trim(), lblEvntVenue.Text.Trim(), lblEvntDate.Text.Trim(), lblEvntTitle.Text.Trim(), lblEvntId.Text.Trim());
        objNE.Close();
    
    }

but the values are not gettin passed to the codebehind...please tell me wot to do

can you please show the code of method viewEvents(this.dlEvents) and viewEventDetails() ? also i think you need to use ItemCreated or ItemDataBound event to show the other details you want...

public void viewEvents(System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataList dlToFill)
    {
        string[] arrParam = new string[1];
        arrParam[0] = "NA";
        bislogic objBis = new bislogic();
        objBis.populate_dataList(arrParam, dlToFill, "usp_event_viewDL");
        objBis.Close();
    }

when i try to put prison_event_id as datakeyfield the datalist doesnot display anythin....

im trying to get the name of the datalist that is nested within the main datalist in the selectedIndexChanged event...
i'm doing the following:

protected void SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        //string title = dlEvents.DataKeys[dlEvents.SelectedIndex].ToString(); 
        BLL_NewsAndEvents objNE = new BLL_NewsAndEvents();
        objNE.title = dlEvents.DataKeys[dlEvents.SelectedIndex].ToString();
       
        DataList dlEvntDetails = (DataList)dlEvents.FindControl("dlEvntDetails");
        objNE.getEvntDetails(dlEvntDetails);
        string id = objNE.Id.ToString();
        string title = objNE.title.ToString();
        //DateTime evntdate = objNE.evntDate;
        string venue = objNE.venue.ToString();
        string desc = objNE.Description.ToString();

but im not getting any value...please tell me how to get the name

i tried putting it in the ItemCommand Evnt

protected void getSelected(object source, DataListCommandEventArgs e)
    {
        dlEvents.SelectedIndex = e.Item.ItemIndex;
        DataList dlEvntDetails = (DataList)e.Item.FindControl("dlEvntDetails");
        BLL_NewsAndEvents objNE = new BLL_NewsAndEvents();
       objNE.title = dlEvents.DataKeys[dlEvents.SelectedIndex].ToString();
      
       objNE.getEvntDetails(dlEvntDetails);
        Label lblEvntId = (Label)e.Item.FindControl("lblEvntId");
        Label lblEvntTitle = (Label)e.Item.FindControl("lblEvntTitle");
        Label lblEvntDate = (Label)e.Item.FindControl("lblEvntDate");
        Label lblEvntVenue = (Label)e.Item.FindControl("lblEvntVenue");
        TextBox txtEvntDesc = (TextBox)e.Item.FindControl("txtEvntDesc");
        //DataList dlEvntDetails = (DataList)e.Item.FindControl("dlEvntDetails");
        BLL_NewsAndEvents objNe = new BLL_NewsAndEvents();

       // objNe.viewEvntDetails(dlEvntDetails, txtEvntDesc.Text.Trim(), lblEvntVenue.Text.Trim(), lblEvntDate.Text.Trim(), lblEvntTitle.Text.Trim(), lblEvntId.Text.Trim());
        objNe.Close();
    }

but still i cant get the value of the nested datalist...is there any other way i could do this...please help

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