counting checkboxes
 

All,
i have a bunch of dynamic checkboxes created in a datagrid, and i have the results going to a database when they are checked. question is how do i count the total # of checkboxes checked. here is the code i have that loops through the checkboxes to submit to the db.

foreach (DataGridItem spriden_ID in dgEmployees.Items)
{
CheckBox cbSpriden = (CheckBox) spriden_ID.FindControl("cbSpriden");
if (cbSpriden.Checked)
{
//Stuff to add to db here
}
else
{
lblStatus.Text ="Scheduling failed: " + addCourses.ErrorMessage;
}
}

Once the update to the DB succeeds i want to display the count of all the checkboxes submitted..how would i do this?? thanks in advance for any help.

Re: counting checkboxes
 

Coudn't you just add a counter to your logic?

int myCounter = 0;

foreach (DataGridItem spriden_ID in dgEmployees.Items)

{

  CheckBox cbSpriden = (CheckBox) spriden_ID.FindControl("cbSpriden");

  if (cbSpriden.Checked)

  {

    //Stuff to add to db here

    myCounter++;

  }

  else

  {

    lblStatus.Text ="Scheduling failed: " + addCourses.ErrorMessage;

  }

}

Re: counting checkboxes
 

yes i tried that...however when i return the count..for example if i check 3 checkboxes...it will return 123. so it is counting them right...but i only need the 3...hehe. thank you for your response....any other clues?

Re: counting checkboxes
 

I'm sorry, I don't understand your reply. There is no way the code above would return the value "123" for the "myCounter" integer. If there are 3 checkboxes, the value would be "3" after the loop completes.

Re: counting checkboxes
 

I agree with tgreer, his example would never return "123". The only thing I can think is that you are using a string as your counter variable and concatenating it rather than using an integer and incrementing it. Below is the only feasible code I can think of to duplicate your resuls (example is generic).

[HTML]string[] arr = new string[]{"a", "b", "c"};
string count = string.Empty;

for (int i = 0;i < arr.length; i++)
{
//do something with the string

//update counter
count += (i + 1);
}[/HTML]

Re: counting checkboxes
 

Hi,

can u try this.

Thanks,
Kedar