GridView: Get datakey of the row on button click

Question

How can I get a value of the DataKeyName of a GridView Row when I have a button inside a row that have an OnClick event. In my OnClick event of my button I want to get a the DataKeyName of the row where the button resides.

Is this possible?

<asp:GridView ID="myGridView" run="server">
     <Columns>
          <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Column 1">
               <ItemTemplate>
                   ... bunch of html codes
                   <asp:Button ID="myButton" UseSubmitBehavior="false" runat="server" Text="Click Me" onclick="btnClick_Click" />
               </ItemTemplate>
           </asp:TemplateField>
     </Columns>
</asp:GridView>

In my codebehind

protected void btnClick_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    // How can I get the DataKeyName value of the Row that the Button was clicked?
}

Answer 1

When I'm working with a GridView, I usually do not use the OnClick event for buttons. Instead, I use the OnRowCommand event on the GridView, and bind data to the CommandArgument property of the button. You can retrieve the command argument from the GridViewCommandEventArgs parameter of the event handler.

You can use the CommandName parameter to bind an arbitrary string to distinguish between any different kinds of buttons you have. Note that some command names are already used for other events, such as "Edit", "Update", "Cancel", "Select" and "Delete".

Update:

Here is an example, assuming the data key is called "ID":

<asp:GridView ID="myGridView" runat="server" OnRowCommand="myGridView_RowCommand">
     <Columns>
          <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Column 1">
               <ItemTemplate>
                   ... bunch of html codes
                   <asp:Button ID="myButton" runat="server" Text="Click Me" CommandName="ClickMe" CommandArgument='<%# Eval("ID") %>' />
               </ItemTemplate>
           </asp:TemplateField>
     </Columns>
</asp:GridView>

And in the code-behind:

protected void myGridView_RowCommand(object sender, GridViewCommandEventArgs e)
{
    var datakey = e.CommandArgument;
    // ...
}