Refresh detail pages based on drop down on master page - bad idea? How?

Question

User-1318938983 posted

Hello,

I intended to have a drop down with divisions on master page. I wanted a user to be able to change division at any time. If they change a division i have to refresh data on detail pages. Is this a good practice to have such design? if it is reasonable to do so, how can I refresh details page on selectedindexchange event on master (some sample code would be great)? if it is a bad practice, please suggest alternative design.

Thanks a lot!!

Answer 1

User-484744148 posted

Is this a good practice to have such design?

Personally I wouldn't mind doing it myself if requirements says i need to.

if it is a bad practice, please suggest alternative design.

I would mix it up with ajax so it would not affect all elements on my page.

See link for tutorial on it. http://www.asp.net/ajax/tutorials/understanding-partial-page-updates-with-asp-net-ajax

Master details : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa581789.aspx

How about another one : http://mattberseth.com/blog/2008/04/masterdetail_with_the_gridview.html

Hope this help.

Regards,

Sgt. 8log

Answer 2

User-1318938983 posted

thanks for your reply and references!