DetailsView & ObjectDataSource: Cancel Insert but Retain User Input

Hi,

I need to cancel an insert operation during a DetailsView/ObjectDataSource insert event, and display to the user the same insert page with their previously entered values. For example, after a server side input validation the user may need to modify some of the values they entered.

Canceling insert is easy in the ObjectDataSource.Inserting event handler: e.Cancel = true;

However, this cancels insert mode and the values the user input are lost. The ObjectDataSource.Inserting event handler has access to the input parameters, which contain the values the user has entered. It is possible to put the DetailsView object back into insert mode: DetailsView1.DefaultMode = DetailsViewMode.Insert; but I don't know how to programatically assign the user values to the fields, since I do not know how to get a handle to the field.

How does one retain the user input values in insert mode when canceling an inserting event in the DetailsView/ObjectDataSource programming model?

Thanks,

Paul

You should validate the input values in the DetailsView ItemInserting event, rather than in the ObjectDataSource Inserting event. In such case the input values will be retained though you cancel the inserting event

protected void DetailsView1_ItemInserting (object sender, DetailsViewInsertEventArgs e)
{
// validate
e.Cancel = true;
}

Thanks

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Dependent Dropdown + AJAX Error

Hello Friends

I have gone mad with this problem.

For this i am unable to continue with my project........

So plz help me.........

I have input form where........

I have two drop down in a .aspx page .

When I change the first dropdown the secound dropdown takes its vales form the database and poputate it using ajax.

All this is happening cool.......

But when i try to save the values to the data base it shows the following error......

Server Error in '/Equill_Web_v2' Application.

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Invalid postback or callback argument. Event validation is enabled using <pages enableEventValidation="true"/> in configuration or <%@dotnet.itags.org. Page EnableEventValidation="true" %> in a page. For security purposes, this feature verifies that arguments to postback or callback events originate from the server control that originally rendered them. If the data is valid and expected, use the ClientScriptManager.RegisterForEventValidation method in order to register the postback or callback data for validation.

Description:An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details:System.ArgumentException: Invalid postback or callback argument. Event validation is enabled using <pages enableEventValidation="true"/> in configuration or <%@dotnet.itags.org. Page EnableEventValidation="true" %> in a page. For security purposes, this feature verifies that arguments to postback or callback events originate from the server control that originally rendered them. If the data is valid and expected, use the ClientScriptManager.RegisterForEventValidation method in order to register the postback or callback data for validation.

Source Error:

An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.

Stack Trace:

[ArgumentException: Invalid postback or callback argument. Event validation is enabled using <pages enableEventValidation="true"/> in configuration or <%@dotnet.itags.org. Page EnableEventValidation="true" %> in a page. For security purposes, this feature verifies that arguments to postback or callback events originate from the server control that originally rendered them. If the data is valid and expected, use the ClientScriptManager.RegisterForEventValidation method in order to register the postback or callback data for validation.]
 System.Web.UI.ClientScriptManager.ValidateEvent(String uniqueId, String argument) +2127900
 System.Web.UI.Control.ValidateEvent(String uniqueID, String eventArgument) +106
 System.Web.UI.WebControls.DropDownList.LoadPostData(String postDataKey, NameValueCollection postCollection) +55
 System.Web.UI.WebControls.DropDownList.System.Web.UI.IPostBackDataHandler.LoadPostData(String postDataKey, NameValueCollection postCollection) +11
 System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessPostData(NameValueCollection postData, Boolean fBeforeLoad) +408
 System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +3776

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Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:2.0.50727.832; ASP.NET Version:2.0.50727.832

I have tried this also

ddlParentLocation.Attributes.Add("onchnage", Page.ClientScript.GetPostBackEventReference(ddlParentLocation, "Select$" + ddlParentLocation.SelectedIndex.ToString, True))

But this of no use to me till now.........

Please help........

Well, for some reason, what you did is considered an invalid postback.

You can solve this problem in three ways:

1. In your web.config file, under system.web insert the following:
<pages enableEventValidation="false"/>

2. Get the data only to the client and add the items in javascript to your dropdown lists

3. Do the same using CascadingDropdownList from AjaxToolkit, this would save a whole bench of javascript to implement solution 2.

Thanks Vinija

The option 1 and 2 is not working but i am considering the third option.

But I am not really getting how to implement it.

Still i m reading few articles to get it done.

Thanks

Amit

I first try to add

<%@. Page ... EnableEventValidation="false" %>

the specific page which show the error, not to the web.config. This always works for me when I change a server side dropdownlist collection in the client side by javascript.

Vinija:

Do the same using CascadingDropdownList from AjaxToolkit, this would save a whole bench of javascript to implement solution 2.

Won't work, CascadingDropdownList also needs enableeventvalidation=false

Hi dev,

If you are facing this problem so please write EnableEventValidation="true" in the line

<%@. Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Test.aspx.cs" Inherits="Test" EnableEventValidation="false"%>

It will help you.

Thanks

Swapnil

"If it is working so please "mark as answer""

swapnil.malviya:

If you are facing this problem so please write EnableEventValidation="true" in the line

<%@. Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Test.aspx.cs" Inherits="Test" EnableEventValidation="true"%>

It will help you.

You mean EnableEventValidation="false" right?

Yes.