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Using a template when editing with the DetailsView control
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<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
<title>Template Edit</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:DetailsView
id="dtlProducts"
AutoGenerateRows="false"
AutoGenerateEditButton="true"
AllowPaging="true"
DefaultMode="Edit"
DataSourceID="srcProducts"
DataKeyNames="Id"
Runat="server">
<Fields>
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Title:">
<EditItemTemplate>
<asp:TextBox
id="txtTitle"
Text='<%# Bind("Title") %>'
runat="server" />
<asp:RequiredFieldValidator
id="reqTitle"
ControlToValidate="txtTitle"
Text="(required)"
Display="Dynamic"
Runat="server" />
</EditItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Box Office Totals:">
<EditItemTemplate>
<asp:TextBox
id="txtTotals"
Text='<%# Bind("Totals", "{0:f}") %>'
runat="server" />
<asp:RequiredFieldValidator
id="reqTotals"
ControlToValidate="txtTotals"
Text="(required)"
Display="Dynamic"
Runat="server" />
<asp:CompareValidator
id="cmpTotals"
ControlToValidate="txtTotals"
Text="(invalid)"
Display="Dynamic"
Operator="DataTypeCheck"
Type="currency"
Runat="server" />
</EditItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
</Fields>
</asp:DetailsView>
<asp:SqlDataSource
id="srcProducts"
ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:Products %>"
SelectCommand="SELECT Id,Title,Totals FROM Products"
UpdateCommand="UPDATE Products SET Title=@Title, Totals=@Totals WHERE Id=@Id"
Runat="server" />
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
File: Web.config
<configuration>
<connectionStrings>
<add name="Products"
connectionString="Data Source=.\SQLEXPRESS;
AttachDbFilename=|DataDirectory|MyDatabase.mdf;Integrated Security=True;User Instance=True" />
</connectionStrings>
</configuration>
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