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When I try to add a new row to an ASP. NET gridview table I get this error message. String was not recognized as a valid Boolean

I have a gridview table that has a row when retruned shows a textbox checked or not. When I try to add a new row to that gridview table is when I get the error message.

HERE is my ASP.NET Code

<ItemTemplate >   
                                                            <asp:CheckBox ID="chkAttended" runat="server" AutoPostBack="true" Checked='<%# Convert.ToBoolean(Eval("attended").ToString()) %>' /><%-- Checked='<%# Convert.ToBoolean(Eval("attended").ToString()) %>' Checked='<%# bool.Parse(Eval("attended").ToString()) %>' OnCheckedChanged=""--%>
                                                        </ItemTemplate>

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I have been trying to figure out how to add a new row to the gridview table. The gridview is built from a stored proc and the column in the database table for "attended" is a nvarchar.
Please help

newjeep19

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The error message that I get is : String was not recognized as a valid Boolean

Fernando Soto

In order for the Convert.ToBoolean to return a boolean value it must be in the form of, "True", "true", "False", "false" or null which will return false. You can have space values in front or back of the string. All other values will return an exception. Check the values in the "attended" column and make sure it is in the correct format.

newjeep19

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When I query the database the column for attended are either true (if they attended) or false (if they did not attend.
What would be an example of a space value in the string?

Fernando Soto

Example of leading and trailing spaces would be " true ", "True " or " true".

newjeep19

ASKER

When I added "true" and " false" to my sting they are either all checked or none are checked depending on the order in the string:

my code:
<asp:CheckBox ID="chkAttended" runat="server" Checked='<%# Convert.ToBoolean(Eval("attended").ToString() == "1" ? "false":"true") %>'/>

Fernando Soto

Can you remove the comment out of the <ItemTemplate> tag in the line of code and try it again.

newjeep19

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I can not then I get a "system.web.ui.webcontrols.templatefiled error basically telling me that I do not have a public property named 'CheckBox'

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Vikram Singh Saini

Could you please write this line of code -

<asp:Label id="lblAttended" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("attended").ToString() %>'/>

and share what you get for label text>

I would also like to have look for value by snapshot of same.