>Hello all,
>How do i set defaults for Formview Control just before getting to insert mode.The Fields are bound to a datasource.
>I actually need to set the Date Field to Current Date.
>and also some other Field to a Request.Querystring value.
>
>Is this appoach right?
>This is quite urgent. Please help.
>TIA.

Check this http://fredrik.nsquared2.com/viewpost.aspx?PostID=384&showfeedback=true

and also you may want to review http://aspnet.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/050207-1.aspx and all the links from this first link (I scanned through several of them).