How to reference hidden columns

[David L]

I'm trying to reference a hidden key column in my datagrid control without
success. I've set the columns up at design time through the property
builder, and I've set my key column's visible property to false. In my
updatecommand event I need to reference the key value for the update but I
can't get anything but an empty string when I reference
e.items.cells(1).text

Thanks in advance

 

[Rick Spiewak]

If a column's visible property is set to false, it doesn't render, and won't
participate in viewstate or postback. Get the key value from the dataset or
datatable instead.

 

[Eliyahu Goldin]

You can get the hidden column value even on client side if you hide the
column with attribute display:none in a stylesheet.

Eliyahu