Passing multiple argument through CommandArgument of Button in Asp.net

You can pass semicolon separated values as command argument and then split the string and use it.

<asp:TemplateField ShowHeader="false">
    <ItemTemplate>
       <asp:LinkButton ID="lnkCustomize" Text="Customize"  CommandName="Customize"  CommandArgument='<%#Eval("IdTemplate") + ";" +Eval("EntityId")%>'  runat="server"> 
       </asp:LinkButton>   
    </ItemTemplate>   
</asp:TemplateField>

at server side

protected void gridview_RowCommand(object sender, GridViewCommandEventArgs e)
{
      string[] arg = new string[2];
      arg = e.CommandArgument.ToString().Split(';');
      Session["IdTemplate"] = arg[0];
      Session["IdEntity"] = arg[1];
      Response.Redirect("Samplepage.aspx");
}

Hope it helps!!!!


After poking around it looks like Kelsey is correct.

Just use a comma or something and split it when you want to consume it.


@Patrick's answer is a good idea, and deserves more credit!. You can have as many data items as you want, they are all separated, and can be used client side if necessary.

They can also be added declaratively rather than in code. I just did this for a GridView like this:

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Remind">
  <ItemTemplate>
    <asp:ImageButton ID="btnEmail"  
        data-rider-name="<%# ((Result)((GridViewRow) Container).DataItem).Rider %>"
        data-rider-email="<%# ((Result)((GridViewRow) Container).DataItem).RiderEmail %>"
        CommandName="Email" runat="server" ImageAlign="AbsMiddle" ImageUrl="~/images/email.gif" />
  </ItemTemplate> 
</asp:TemplateField>

In the RowCommand, you do this:

void gvMyView_RowCommand(object sender, GridViewCommandEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.CommandName == "Email")
    {
        var btnSender = (ImageButton)e.CommandSource;
        var riderName = btnSender.Attributes["data-rider-name"];
        var riderEmail = btnSender.Attributes["data-rider-email"];
        // Do something here
    }
}

So much cleaner than hacking all the values together with delimiters and unpacking again at the end.

Don't forget to test/clean any data you get back from the page, in case it's been tampered with!