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I have a form page on the web using a FormView. There are a half dozen fields for the user to fill or select from drop downs. These get populated into the sql database with the standard sqldatasource insert statement.

However, I also want to add the current date and time and the username to the database using the same insert statement.

I only seem to be able to get it to work if the user enters the info. I want to enter programmatic info. I already have a variable defined in the aspx page that displays
(DateTime DTGNewOpened = DateTime.Now;
Response.Write(DTGNewOpened);)
I would like to have the data within the DTGNewOpened variable added to the datetime filed in the database.

I don't think I should have to do an code behind for anything this elementary, but it is driving me crazy.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

thanks,
crb

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Member Avatar for tgreer

Of course you have to write code-behind. Where else would code go? Surely you're not mixing your code and HTML together in the ASPX page?

Simply modify your INSERT query itself.

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exactly. You should be able to use a declared variable and include this in your INSERT statement.

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