Accessing control in nested datalist

[Guest]

I have a nested datalist with a dropdownlist. I need to capture the
selectedvalue of the dropdownlist so I can update a database table. My
question then is...how do I get the value from the nested datalist? Thanks
for any help.

 

[Brock Allen]

You'll need to get the DataListItem in your DataList you want, then use FindControl("YourDropDownListID")
to fetach the control. You'll have to cast the return value to your control's
type.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the reply Brock. The nested datalist is populated dynamically
from a database. How then, would I get the DataListItem. Thanks.

 

[Brock Allen]

You get the DataListItem based upon which ever entry you need. How does the
user tell you? I assume you'll have a button of some sort for each item yes?
In that case handle the DataList's ItemCommand event. The e.Item parameter
is the ListItem that contained the button that was pressed.