text from DataGrid

[Learner520]

hi everybody I have a textbox in Datagrid > and i want to get text from this textbox foreach(DataGridItem xItem in DGUpdateStudents.Items) { clsobj.StudentId = DGUpdateStudents.DataKeyField[xItem.ItemIndex]; clsobj.ForeName=(String) ((TextBox)xItem.FindControl("TxtForeName")).Text; } no error but doesnot return text from textbox like if enter name like John it returns me "" empty strings. thanks in adv for help.

[N a v a n e e t h]

Are you binding the grid in page_load and binding without checking IsPostBack?

Learner520 wrote:

(String) ((TextBox)xItem.FindControl("TxtForeName")).Text;

This is bad practice. If your item can't be found, this code will crash. First find the control, do NULL checking and ensure you have a valid object before you access Text property on it. :)

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