Hi chaps,

I am binding my datagrid with an xml file, I want to be able to populate a literal control with an element taken from the xml file based on an id from the Grid - i.e

 The grid displays an ID and a Date, once the user clicks on the id, the literal control is populate with the newsletter element from the xml file

xml file

<NewsLetter ID ="1">

  <date></date>
 <heading></heading>
<description></description>

</NewsLetter>

Any pointers would be most appreciated

Hi waynea ,

See my sample

    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        if (!IsPostBack)
        {
            DataTable table = new DataTable();
            table.Columns.Add("id");
            DataRow dr = table.NewRow();
            dr["id"] = "1";
            table.Rows.Add(dr);
            dg.DataSource = table;
            dg.DataBind();
        }

    }


    protected void dg_ItemCommand(object source, DataGridCommandEventArgs e)
    {
        Literal ph = e.Item.FindControl("Literal1") as Literal;
        XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
        doc.Load(Server.MapPath("XMLFile3.xml"));
        XmlNode node = doc.SelectSingleNode("/NewsLetter[@ID='"+e.CommandArgument.ToString ()+"']");
        XmlNode date = node.SelectSingleNode("date");
        ph.Text = date.InnerText;
    }

    <asp:DataGrid runat="server" ID="dg" AutoGenerateColumns="False" Width="206px" OnItemCommand="dg_ItemCommand" >
        <Columns>
            <asp:TemplateColumn>
                <ItemTemplate>
                    <asp:LinkButton CommandArgument='<%# Eval("id") %>' ID="LinkButton1" runat="server">LinkButton</asp:LinkButton>
                </ItemTemplate>
            </asp:TemplateColumn>
            <asp:TemplateColumn>
                <ItemTemplate>
                    <asp:Literal ID="Literal1" runat="server"></asp:Literal>
                </ItemTemplate>
            </asp:TemplateColumn>
        </Columns>
    </asp:DataGrid>