>Stephen,
>
>>I have my grid view with edit /update.
>>
>>Edit button fires code behind, but the Update is not caught?? I have a debug breakpoint set on it's first line which is
>>string w ="";
>
>Select your DataGridView in edit mode, go to the Properties Window and click on the lightning bolt. Do you see your handler method listed under the RowUpdating event?
>

yes I did. That is where the break point was located, and your code from the help inserted.

The code won't compile unless you strike the e.RowIndex. Seems that it's no longer a part of GridViewUpdateEventArgs e

At least in my experience these past few days. :(

__Stephen