Get Datakey value of datalist

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Hello Friends,
I am using Datalist

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<asp:DataList ID="dlCategories" runat="server" DataKeyField="KBCategoryID" RepeatDirection="Horizontal" RepeatColumns="5" >
            <ItemTemplate>
<div style="padding:15,15,15,15;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana">
<div style="font:12pt verdana;color:darkred">
<i><b><asp:LinkButton ID="lnkTitle" runat="server"
        Text= '<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Title")%>'
        style="text-decoration:none;" onclick="lnkTitle_Click" />
</i></b>
<asp:Label ID="lblspace" runat="server" Width="50px" Text="" />
</div>
</div>
</ItemTemplate>
        </asp:DataList>

I want to retrieve the value of DataKey on click of link button.

Please help me out of this.

Posted 23-Apr-12 22:40pm

RashdSiddique

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sam7one 14-Aug-13 2:42am

HI, I am having a same problem. I have to populate categories from DB to Datalist and when user will click specific category I have to populate subcategories from DB and show them in another Datalist within the Category datalist. But how could I assign "KBCategoryID" to DataKeyField attribute. could you provide me codebehind for the same

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pradeep040186 · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-23T22:48:00

Solution 1

C#

int i = DataList1.DataKeys[dataListItem.ItemIndex];

try this i hope u will get

Posted 23-Apr-12 22:48pm

pradeep040186

Updated 23-Apr-12 22:55pm

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RashdSiddique 24-Apr-12 4:51am

what is dataListItem

pradeep040186 24-Apr-12 4:52am

var button = sender as Button; if (button == null) return; var dataListItem = button.NamingContainer as DataListItem; if (dataListItem == null) return; var currentKey = DataList1.DataKeys[dataListItem.ItemIndex]; var myLabel = button.Parent.Controls.Cast<control>().FirstOrDefault(x => x.ID == "testLabel") as Label; if (myLabel == null) return; var myLabelText = myLabel.Text;

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