Manual CRUD Operations

The logic for manual database operations in the RadListView control are similar to the approach used in RadGrid.

The general logic is to use the ItemCommand event handler to trap the respective user action – insert/delete/update. Once we attach to the ItemCommand event handler, we can use the e.CommandName to differentiate among the different types of commands:

C#

protected void RadListView1_ItemCommand(object sender, RadListViewCommandEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.CommandName == RadListView.CancelCommandName)
    {
        //cancel action
    }
    else if (e.CommandName == RadListView.UpdateCommandName)
    {
        //Perform the update
    }
    else if (e.CommandName == RadListView.PerformInsertCommandName)
    {
        //Perform the insert  
    }
    else if (e.CommandName == RadListView.DeleteCommandName)
    {
        //Perform the Delete
    }
}

VB

Protected Sub RadListView1_ItemCommand(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As RadListViewCommandEventArgs)
    If e.CommandName = RadListView.CancelCommandName Then
        'Cancel action
    ElseIf e.CommandName = RadListView.UpdateCommandName Then
        'Perform(Update)
    ElseIf e.CommandName = RadListView.PerformInsertCommandName Then
        'Perform Insert
    ElseIf e.CommandName = RadListView.DeleteCommandName Then
        'Delete item
    End If
End Sub

The e.ListViewItem is an object of type RadListViewEditableItem, and gives us access to the item, which raised the command. This, in turn, allows us to extract the newly entered data, or get the id of the record which needs to be deleted. Let us look into the possible operations which can be performed in the ItemCommand event handler.

In case the user has entered new values into the edit form, and wants to persist the data into the underlying data source, the logical steps to perform are:

1. Get a reference to the RadListViewEditableItem, which raised the event

2. Prepare a HashTable, which will host the updated values

3. Locate the row(s) to be edited in the original data source, via the keyfield value

4. Perform the actual update

The code would look like this:

C#

else if (e.CommandName == RadListView.UpdateCommandName)
{
    RadListViewEditableItem editedItem = (RadListViewEditableItem)e.ListViewItem;
    Hashtable newValues = new Hashtable();
    editedItem.ExtractValues(newValues);
    DataTable ProductsTable = this.RadListViewSource; //Locate the changed row in the DataSource
    DataRow[] changedRows = ProductsTable.Select("ProductID = " + e.ListViewItem.OwnerListView.DataKeyValues[e.ListViewItem.OwnerListView.EditIndexes[0&cd;["ProductID"].ToString());
    if (changedRows.Length != 1)
    {  
        e.Canceled = true;
        return;
    }                //Update new values
    changedRows[0].BeginEdit();
    try
    {
        foreach (DictionaryEntry entry in newValues)
        {
            changedRows[0][(string)entry.Key] = entry.Value;
        }
        changedRows[0].EndEdit();
        this.ViewState["_lvds"] = ProductsTable;
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        changedRows[0].CancelEdit();//output a warning message as necessary  
        e.Canceled = true;
    }
}

VB

ElseIf e.CommandName = RadListView.UpdateCommandName Then
    Dim editedItem As RadListViewEditableItem = DirectCast(e.ListViewItem, RadListViewEditableItem)
    Dim newValues As New Hashtable()
        editedItem.ExtractValues(newValues)
    Dim ProductsTable As DataTable = Me.RadListViewSource
    'Locate the changed row in the DataSource
    Dim changedRows As DataRow() = ProductsTable.Select("ProductID = " + e.ListViewItem.OwnerListView.DataKeyValues(e.ListViewItem.OwnerListView.EditIndexes(0))("ProductID").ToString())
        If changedRows.Length = 0 Then
            e.Canceled = True
            Return
        End If
    'Update new values
        changedRows(0).BeginEdit()
        Try
            For Each entry As DictionaryEntry In newValues
                changedRows(0)(DirectCast(entry.Key, String)) = entry.Value
            Next
            changedRows(0).EndEdit()
            Me.ViewState("_lvds") = ProductsTable
        Catch ex As Exception
            changedRows(0).CancelEdit()
    'output a warning message as necessary
            e.Canceled = True
        End Try

When inserting new records into the underlying data source, the logic is very similar:

1. Get a reference to the RadListViewEditableItem, which raised the event

2. Prepare a HashTable, which will host the new values

3. Insert the new values into the actual database

The code for performing these actions would look like this:

C#

else if (e.CommandName == RadListView.PerformInsertCommandName)
{
    RadListView1.FindControl("Button1").Visible = true;
    RadListViewEditableItem insertedItem = (RadListViewEditableItem)e.ListViewItem;
    Hashtable newValues = new Hashtable();
    insertedItem.ExtractValues(newValues);
    DataTable ProductsTable = this.RadListViewSource;

    DataRow newRow = ProductsTable.NewRow();
    try
    {
        newRow["ProductID"] = ProductsTable.Rows.Count;
        foreach (DictionaryEntry entry in newValues)
        {
            newRow[(string)entry.Key] = entry.Value;
        }
        ProductsTable.Rows.Add(newRow);
        this.ViewState["_lvds"] = ProductsTable;
        RadListView1.InsertItemPosition = RadListViewInsertItemPosition.None;
        RadListView1.Rebind();
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {                    //output a warning message as necessary
    e.Canceled = true;
    }
}

VB

ElseIf e.CommandName = RadListView.PerformInsertCommandName Then
        RadListView1.FindControl("Button1").Visible = True
    Dim insertedItem As RadListViewEditableItem = DirectCast(e.ListViewItem, RadListViewEditableItem)
    Dim newValues As New Hashtable()
        insertedItem.ExtractValues(newValues)
    Dim ProductsTable As DataTable = Me.RadListViewSource
    Dim newRow As DataRow = ProductsTable.NewRow()
        Try
            newRow("ProductID") = ProductsTable.Rows.Count
            For Each entry As DictionaryEntry In newValues
                newRow(DirectCast(entry.Key, String)) = entry.Value
            Next
            ProductsTable.Rows.Add(newRow)
            Me.ViewState("_lvds") = ProductsTable
            RadListView1.InsertItemPosition = RadListViewInsertItemPosition.None
            RadListView1.Rebind()
        Catch ex As Exception
    'output a warning message as necessary
            e.Canceled = True
        End Try

Finally, when deleting a record, the logic which we follow is described in the following steps:

1. Get the id of the record (from the primaryKey field), which would allow us to uniquely identify the record in the underlying data source.

2. Locate the field in the actual data table.

3. Perform the delete

The code for this operation would look like this:

C#

else if (e.CommandName == RadListView.DeleteCommandName)
{
    try
    {
        DataTable ProductsTable = this.RadListViewSource;
        DataColumn pk = ProductsTable.Columns["ProductID"];
        DataColumn[] pkeys = new DataColumn[1];
        pkeys[0] = pk;
        ProductsTable.PrimaryKey = pkeys;
        int id = int.Parse(e.CommandArgument.ToString());
        ProductsTable.Rows.Find(id).Delete();
        ProductsTable.AcceptChanges();
        this.ViewState["_lvds"] = ProductsTable;
        RadListView1.Rebind();
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        //output a warning message as necessary
        e.Canceled = true;
    }
}

VB

ElseIf e.CommandName = RadListView.DeleteCommandName Then
Try
    Dim ProductsTable As DataTable = Me.RadListViewSource
    Dim pk As DataColumn = ProductsTable.Columns("ProductID")
    Dim pkeys As DataColumn() = New DataColumn(1) {}
pkeys(0) = pk
ProductsTable.PrimaryKey = pkeys
    Dim id As Integer = Integer.Parse(e.CommandArgument.ToString())
ProductsTable.Rows.Find(id).Delete()
ProductsTable.AcceptChanges()
Me.ViewState("_lvds") = ProductsTable
RadListView1.Rebind()
Catch ex As Exception
    'output a warning message as necessary
e.Canceled = True
End Try