how to determine which table row fired an event 1

[EDB2]

I have an asp:table with 2 columns. Col 1 holds an employee number, and col 2 holds a drop-down list of codes.

If the user selects a new code from the drop-down list, the SelectedIndexChanged event fires and, within that event, I can look at the SelectedValue to see what the new code is - but how do I know what table row I'm on? How do I reference back to the table from within the SelectedIndexChanged event to determine the row number that fired the event?

 

[jbenson001]

Why do you want to do this? Do you have multiple rows with a ddl in each row? If so, then you have to have a unique name for each control. If you need to know the row for some reason, then use a gridview, repeater ..etc.

 

[EDB2]

Yes, I do have multiple rows with a ddl in each row. The repeater looks like it might be a good solution, thanks for the push in the right (hopefully!) direction

 

[EDB2]

Just as an update, I finally got this to work by taking the easy way out. The table was being created dynamically so I just appended the row number to the ddl ID, then substringed it out in the SelectedIndexChanged routine so I knew what row to reference in table.row(index).cell(index).text to get the other values I needed.

thanks again jbenson!

 

[jbenson001]

Glad you got it working, but I would still suggest looking in to the objects I suggested. Once you learn how they work, it will make doing what you are doing much easier.