gridview control not refreshing?

Question

I have what I hope is a simple question. I have a gridview control that's bound to a sqldatasource.

First, the relevant code:

<asp:DropDownList ID="cboCustomerID" runat="server"
    DataSourceID="DataSourceCustomer" DataTextField="CustomerName" DataValueField="CustomerID">
</asp:DropDownList>
<asp:DropDownList ID="cboStaffID" runat="server"
    DataSourceID="DataSourceStaff" DataTextField="StaffFullName" DataValueField="StaffID">
</asp:DropDownList>
<div><gcctl:MyCheckBox ID="chkShowClosed" Text="Show Closed Jobs?" Checked="false" AutoPostBack="true" runat="server" /></div>
<div><asp:Button ID="btnSearch" runat="server" OnClick="btnSearch_Click" Text="Search" /></div>

<div id="customersearchresults" class="searchresults">
    <asp:SqlDataSource id="gvJobsDataSource" runat="server" ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:GeekCommandConnString %>"
        SelectCommand="SELECT j.JobID, j.JobName, s.JobStatus, jal.[JobAssignmentsFullList]
            FROM (SELECT * FROM [dbo].[Jobs] WHERE ((NULLIF(@CustomerSearch,'') IS NOT NULL AND CustomerID = @CustomerSearch) OR (NULLIF(@CustomerSearch,'') IS NULL))) j
            INNER JOIN (SELECT * FROM [list].[JobStatuses] WHERE ((@ShowClosed = 0 AND IsStatusOpen = 1) OR (@ShowClosed = 1)) AND IsActive = 1) s ON j.JobStatusID = s.JobStatusID
            LEFT JOIN (SELECT * FROM [dbo].[JobAssignments] WHERE ((NULLIF(@StaffSearch,'') IS NOT NULL AND StaffID = @StaffSearch) OR (NULLIF(@StaffSearch,'') IS NULL))) ja ON j.JobID = ja.JobID
            LEFT JOIN [dbo].[udv_JobAssignmentsCommaDelimited] jal ON j.JobID = jal.JobID
            ">
        <SelectParameters>
            <asp:Parameter Name="CustomerSearch" Type="Int32" />
            <asp:Parameter Name="StaffSearch" Type="Int32" />
            <asp:Parameter Name="ShowClosed" Type="Boolean" />
        </SelectParameters>
    </asp:SqlDataSource>

    <asp:GridView ID="gvJobs" runat="server" AllowSorting="True"  
        AutoGenerateColumns="False"
        DataKeyNames="JobID"
        DataSourceID="gvJobsDataSource"
        AutoGenerateDeleteButton="False"    
        AutoGenerateEditButton="False" 
        AutoGenerateSelectButton="False"
        CssClass="searchresultsgrid" 
        AllowPaging="True" PageSize="50"
        OnRowCommand="gvJobs_RowCommand"
        EmptyDataText="No matching jobs on record." >
        <Columns>
            <asp:templatefield>
                <itemtemplate>
                    <asp:linkbutton id="btnEdit" runat="server" CommandName="JobEdit" OnClientClick="PageForm.target ='_blank';" text="View/Edit" />
                </itemtemplate>
            </asp:templatefield>

            <asp:BoundField DataField="JobID" HeaderText="ID" InsertVisible="false" ReadOnly="true" Visible="false" SortExpression="JobID" />
            <asp:templateField HeaderText="Job Name" SortExpression="JobName">
                <ItemTemplate><%# Eval("JobName") %></ItemTemplate>
            </asp:templateField>
            <asp:templateField HeaderText="Assigned to" SortExpression="JobAssignmentsFullList">
                <ItemTemplate><%# Eval("JobAssignmentsFullList") %></ItemTemplate>
            </asp:templateField>
        </Columns>
    </asp:GridView>
</div>


<asp:SqlDataSource ID="DataSourceCustomer" runat="server"
    ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:GeekCommandConnString %>" 
    SelectCommand="SELECT NULL AS [CustomerID]
                , NULL AS [CustomerName]
            UNION SELECT [CustomerID]
                ,[CustomerName]
            FROM [GeekCommand].[dbo].[Customers]
            WHERE ((@ShowInactive = 0 AND IsActive = 1) OR (@ShowInactive = 1))
            ORDER BY CustomerName">
    <SelectParameters>
        <asp:ControlParameter Name="ShowInactive" Type="Boolean" ControlID="chkCustomersShowInactive" PropertyName="Checked" />
    </SelectParameters>
</asp:SqlDataSource>
<asp:SqlDataSource ID="DataSourceStaff" runat="server"
    ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:GeekCommandConnString %>" 
    SelectCommand="SELECT NULL AS [StaffID]
                , NULL AS [StaffFullName]
            UNION SELECT [StaffID]
                ,COALESCE([FirstName], [Nickname], '') + ' ' + COALESCE([LastName], '') AS StaffFullName
            FROM [GeekCommand].[dbo].[Staff]
            WHERE ((@ShowInactive = 0 AND IsActive = 1) OR (@ShowInactive = 1))
            ORDER BY StaffFullName">
    <SelectParameters>
        <asp:ControlParameter Name="ShowInactive" Type="Boolean" ControlID="chkStaffShowInactive" PropertyName="Checked" />
    </SelectParameters>
</asp:SqlDataSource>

And the relevant aspx.cs code:

int? iCustomerID;
int? iStaffID;

//--------
protected void SetIDs()
{
    this.iCustomerID = null;
    this.iStaffID = null;

    if (Request.QueryString["customerid"] != null) //new customer
    {
        try
        {
            this.iCustomerID = Convert.ToInt32(Request.QueryString["customerid"]);
        }
        catch { }
    }

    if (Request.QueryString["staffid"] != null) //new customer
    {
        try
        {
            this.iStaffID = Convert.ToInt32(Request.QueryString["staffid"]);
        }
        catch { }
    }

    if (iCustomerID != null)
    {
        cboCustomerID.SelectedValue = iCustomerID.ToString();
    }

    if (iStaffID != null)
    {
        cboStaffID.SelectedValue = iStaffID.ToString();
    }
}

//--------
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    if (!IsPostBack)
    {
        SetIDs();
    }
}

//--------
protected void btnSearch_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    gvJobsDataSource.SelectParameters["CustomerSearch"].DefaultValue = cboCustomerID.SelectedValue.ToString();
    gvJobsDataSource.SelectParameters["StaffSearch"].DefaultValue = cboStaffID.SelectedValue.ToString();
    gvJobsDataSource.SelectParameters["ShowClosed"].DefaultValue = chkShowClosed.Checked.ToString();

    gvJobs.DataBind();
}

When I run the following in SSMS, I get 2 rows back, as I should:

DECLARE @CustomerSearch int, @StaffSearch int, @ShowClosed bit
SELECT @CustomerSearch = 2331, @StaffSearch = '', @ShowClosed = CAST(0 AS bit)

SELECT j.JobID, j.JobName, s.JobStatus, jal.[JobAssignmentsFullList]
FROM (SELECT * FROM [dbo].[Jobs] WHERE ((NULLIF(@CustomerSearch,'') IS NOT NULL AND CustomerID = @CustomerSearch) OR (NULLIF(@CustomerSearch,'') IS NULL))) j
INNER JOIN (SELECT * FROM [list].[JobStatuses] WHERE ((@ShowClosed = 0 AND IsStatusOpen = 1) OR (@ShowClosed = 1)) AND IsActive = 1) s ON j.JobStatusID = s.JobStatusID
LEFT JOIN (SELECT * FROM [dbo].[JobAssignments] WHERE ((NULLIF(@StaffSearch,'') IS NOT NULL AND StaffID = @StaffSearch) OR (NULLIF(@StaffSearch,'') IS NULL))) ja ON j.JobID = ja.JobID
LEFT JOIN [dbo].[udv_JobAssignmentsCommaDelimited] jal ON j.JobID = jal.JobID

But when I select a customer (specifically the customer whose id is 2331) in debug mode and step through the btnSearch_Click code, cboCustomerID.SelectedValue = "2331", cboStaffID.SelectedValue = "", chkShowClosed.Checked = false (all of which is correct)... but nothing happens when I step past the databind command. The gridview continues to show "No matching jobs on record."

I feel like I'm missing something really obvious, but I can't for the life of me figure out what it is.

UPDATE: Ok. This is interesting. Apparently, the query never gets sent to the SQL Server. I just started up SQL Server in trace mode, reloaded the aspx page, and did a search, and while the queries that are behind the two dropdownlists are there in the log, the query that's behind the gridview is just not there.

UPDATE #2: I've replaced the select parameters with the following:

<asp:ControlParameter Name="CustomerSearch" ControlID="cboCustomerID" PropertyName ="SelectedValue" />
<asp:ControlParameter Name="StaffSearch" ControlID="cboStaffID" PropertyName ="SelectedValue" />
<asp:ControlParameter Name="ShowClosed" Type="Boolean" ControlID="chkShowClosed" PropertyName="Checked" />

...and removed the extra code in the btnSearch_Click event, so the only line in that code is:

protected void btnSearch_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    gvJobs.DataBind();
}

...no change. Still nothing happens when I click the search button.

Answer 1

Yay! Found the answer: https://forums.asp.net/t/1243253.aspx?Gridview+Databind+Not+Working

The issue was that the gridviews have a property: CancelSelectOnNullParameter, which is true by default. Since at least one of the drop down lists is almost always null when I do the search, this resulted in nothing happening when I hit the search button. When I added CancelSelectOnNullParameter="false" to the gridview control, it fixed the problem.

(Semi-related note) I also added the following to the ControlParameters: ConvertEmptyStringToNull="true"