Text Box to search contents in a Gridview Control

[Guest]

Hello,

I have seen several examples with a dropdownlist filtering the results in a
gridview.

Is there a way to have information typed in a text box used to filter a
gridview?

I would like to for example search on a persons first name and any first
name that contains the contents of my text box appear in the gridview list.

 

[Guest]

The datasource object selectParameters allows you to use the ControlParameter
against a TextBox, e.g.
<asp:ControlParameter ControlID="txtCustomer" Name="CustomerID"
PropertyName="Text" Type="String" />

This sample uses a dropdownlist box:
http://www.webswapp.com/CodeSamples/aspnet20/GridView_2c.aspx
and this sample does the same exact filtering using a TextBox:
http://www.webswapp.com/CodeSamples/aspnet20/GridView_3c.aspx