remya1000 0 Newbie Poster

i'm using VB \ ASP.NET.

i'm trying to display some values in Gridview. but i don't know how many columns i need to display. at run time only i will come to know how many columns i need to display. it depends up on the values from Database. so i'm creating columns dynamically and adding to gridview. till that it works fine. but i want some columns value to be hyperlink. so i need to create some columns hyperlink dynamically.

Database table looks like this

Index-------Name--------------Date-----------------Description
1------------John----------------12/1/2010----------Work
2------------Peter---------------12/2/2010----------Out
3------------John----------------12/3/2010----------Off

depends upon the "Distinct Date", the number of columns in gridview is created dynamically.

Gridview looks like this

Index-----Name----------12/1/2010----------12/2/2010------------12/3/2010
1----------John------------Work-----------------ADD NEW-----------Off
2----------Peter-----------ADD NEW----------Out---------------------ADD NEW

for all the date columns i want to create dynamic hyperlink.

for example : if i need to make any chnage for 12/1/2010 john, i can click hyperlink "Work" and update the information. and if i need to add some description for 12/2/2010 John, i can click hyperlink "Add New" and add description for that date.

Codes

Sub Display_Table
        Dim Table_MAINPAGE As DataTable
        Dim Row As DataRow
        Dim dcol As DataColumn
        Dim myConnection As SqlConnection
        Dim MySQL As String
        Dim myCommand As SqlCommand
        Dim myreader As SqlDataReader
        Dim pFirst As Boolean = True
        Dim Name_NotExist, Group_NotExist As Boolean

        aryDate.Clear()
        aryName.Clear()
        aryDate_Desc.Clear()
       
        Table_MAINPAGE = New DataTable()

        dcol = New DataColumn(" # ")
        Table_MAINPAGE.Columns.Add(dcol)

        dcol = New DataColumn("Name")
        Table_MAINPAGE.Columns.Add(dcol)

        myConnection = New SqlConnection(WebConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("cvConnectionString").ToString)
        MySQL = "select DISTINCT ondate from sList ORDER BY ondate"
        myConnection.Open()
        myCommand = New SqlCommand(MySQL, myConnection)
        myreader = myCommand.ExecuteReader
        While myreader.Read
            'Get distinct Date from database
            aryDate.Add(myreader(0))
            dcol = New DataColumn(Trim(myreader(0)))
            Table_MAINPAGE.Columns.Add(dcol)
        End While
        myreader.Close()

        pFirst = True
        MySQL = "Select fname, lname from Users ORDER BY fname"
        myCommand = New SqlCommand(MySQL, myConnection)
        myreader = myCommand.ExecuteReader
        While myreader.Read
            If pFirst = True Then
                pFirst = False
                'Get distinct Name from database
                aryName.Add(myreader(0) & " " & myreader(1))
                GoTo NextValue
            End If

            Name_NotExist = False
            Group_NotExist = False
            For q As Integer = 0 To aryName.Count - 1
                If myreader(0) & " " & myreader(1) <> aryName.Item(q) Then
                    Name_NotExist = True
                Else
                    Name_NotExist = False
                    GoTo NextValue
                End If
            Next
            If Name_NotExist = True Then
                aryName.Add(myreader(0) & " " & myreader(1))
            End If
NextValue:
        End While
        myreader.Close()


        Dim h As Integer = 0
        Dim gBool As Boolean = False
        'Now add data for dynamic columns
        'As first column is increment, as number of data in database
        'Let's add some data to the other columns
        For k As Integer = 0 To aryName.Count - 1
            aryDate_Desc.Clear()
            MySQL = "select ondate, description from sList where [name] = '" & Trim(aryName.Item(k).ToString) & "' order by ondate"
            myCommand = New SqlCommand(MySQL, myConnection)
            myreader = myCommand.ExecuteReader
            'Create a new row
            Row = Table_MAINPAGE.NewRow()
            h = h + 1
            Row(" # ") = h
            Row("Name") = aryName.Item(k).ToString
            While myreader.Read
                aryDate_Desc.Add(myreader(0) & " - " & myreader(1))
            End While
            For i As Integer = 0 To aryDate.Count - 1
                gBool = False
                For j As Integer = 0 To aryDate_Desc.Count - 1
                    If Trim(aryDate.Item(i)) = Trim(aryDate_Desc.Item(j).Split("-")(0)) Then
                        'Initialize the row data.
                        Row(Trim(aryDate.Item(i))) = Trim(aryDate_Desc.Item(j).Split("-")(1))
                        gBool = True
                        GoTo NextArrayValue
                    End If
                Next
NextArrayValue:
                If gBool <> True Then
                    Row(Trim(aryDate.Item(i))) = "Add New"
                End If
            Next
            'Add the row to the datatable.
            Table_MAINPAGE.Rows.Add(Row)
            myreader.Close()
        Next
       
        'Initialize the DataSource
        GridView1.DataSource = Table_MAINPAGE

        For i As Integer = 0 To GridView1.Columns.Count - 1
            GridView1.Columns(i).ItemStyle.Width = 500
        Next

        'Bind the datatable with the GridView
        GridView1.DataBind()

        myConnection.Close()
End Sub

How can i create dynamic hyperlinks for the date columns.....

if you have any idea, how to do this, please help me. if you can some example, that's will be great.

Thanks in advance.

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