gridview paging problem

Question

hi iam using asp.net2.0 with c#
In the gridview 1st column is checkbox,in my gridview iam using paging , iam dispalying data at page load,
when user selects the check box that records are stored in database.
but when i selects the checkbox at 1st page then it is
storing all the records but when i selects the 1st page records as well as 2nd page records
then it is storing only second page records .

iwant to store all the records what ever user has selects the checkbox.
can you give me example which helps me.

Daniel Varghese · Answer

Hi charan, If I have understood you correctly you want to save all the records that has been checked whether it is on the first page or on the second page or any other onto the database You can go about with this approach 1. Have a common hidden textbox at the end of the page to store all the ids that the user has checked. 2. Below each checkbox have a hidden textbox which will store the primary key id of that record. 3. When the user checks the checkbox, use a javascript method to call a function which will store the ids from an individual records to common textbox below the end of the page in a comma seperated format. 4. The ids will remain even when you go to the 2nd page. 5.Ensure that you do not have repeated ids in the common textbox. 6. Also when you uncheck it should get removed from the common textbox. If you are wondering how to find the value of the textbox from the checkbox that the user has checked consider the following function. function GetIds(control) //using control variable to get object of the checkbox { var checkboxid = control.id; var textboxid = checkboxid.replace('CheckboxName','TextboxName'); //the checkboxname and the textbox name are the names of the ids that you have given in the template column(1st column) //This is done to get id of the textbox based on the checkbox id. var textvalue = document.getElementById(textboxid).value; //Place the textvalue in the common textbox } //Call the GetIds function in the following way GetIds(this). //This function needs to be called when the checkbox onclick event is fired When you click on save you could get all the ids, Split it into an array collection and save individual records. Please let me know if that helps. Thanks, Daniel