I have two in gridview in which i am using one for datakeynames and another for display name. so when i click on name button i want get the text of that button control in gridview_rowcommand <asp:GridView ID="gvAlRecord" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="False" DataKeyNames="ARGSequenceNumber" Height="200px" onrowcommand="gvAlRecord_RowCommand" Width="100%" onrowdatabound="gvAlRecord_RowDataBound" onrowcreated="gvAlRecord_RowCreated"> <Columns> <asp:ButtonField ButtonType="Link" CommandName="Sequence_No" DataTextField="ARGSequenceNumber" HeaderText="Sequence No" SortExpression="ARGSequenceNumber" /> <asp:ButtonField ButtonType="Link" CommandName="Provider" DataTextField="ARGProviderName" HeaderText="Provider" SortExpression="ARGProviderName" /> </Columns> <FooterStyle BackColor="#CCCCCC" ForeColor="Black" /> <PagerStyle BackColor="#999999" ForeColor="Black" HorizontalAlign="Center" /> <SelectedRowStyle BackColor="#008A8C" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="White" /> <HeaderStyle BackColor="#0099FF" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="White" /> <AlternatingRowStyle BackColor="#DCDCDC" /> </asp:GridView>