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Insert Server Variable into GridView upon editing.

In my GridView I'd like to put the equivilant of this: Request.ServerVariables("AUTH_USER") into the column called "ModifiedBy".

The idea is when someone edits a row their logged in user name is put into the "ModifiedBy" column.

Daniel Van Der Werken

I think you want to look into BIND and EVAL:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms178366.aspx

David Megnin

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What I want is to grab the Server Variable for the logged in user as a parameter and plug it into the GridView.

The ModifiedBy field is currently a BoundField, but I could change it to a TemplateField. I just don't know how to get the Server Variable for the logged in user value into the GridView. I expect it will have to be done in the VB code behind, but I'm not sure if it can't be done in the GridView markup some how.

Text='<%# Bind([Server Variable for logged in user]) %>' ??

Miguel Oz

This is your required server variable:
Text='<%# Bind([this.Page.User.Identity.Name]) %>'

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David Megnin

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With square brackets, round brackets or no brackets?

David Megnin

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Text='<%# Bind([Page.User.Identity.Name]) %>'
Text='<%# Bind([Request.LogonUserIdentity.Name]) %>'
Text='<%# Bind(Page.User.Identity.Name) %>'
Text='<%# Bind(Request.LogonUserIdentity.Name) %>'

All those give me a Parse Error: A call to Bind was not well formatted.

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David Megnin

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I ended up going a different route, but mas_oz2003's help lead me down the right path. I used a different method, but gave mas_oz2003 the points for the aid.

David Megnin

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Thanks for the help. It lead me in the right direction.