// Get the currently selected row using the SelectedRow property.
GridViewRow row = CustomersGridView.SelectedRow;
// Display the company name from the selected row.
// In this example, the third column (index 2) contains
// the company name.
Message.Text = "You selected " + row.Cells[2].Text + ".";
// Get the currently selected row. Because the SelectedIndexChanging event
// occurs before the select operation in the GridView control, the
// SelectedRow property cannot be used. Instead, use the Rows collection
// and the NewSelectedIndex property of the e argument passed to this
// event handler.
GridViewRow row = CustomersGridView.Rows[e.NewSelectedIndex];
// You can cancel the select operation by using the Cancel
// property. For this example, if the user selects a customer with
// the ID "ANATR", the select operation is canceled and an error message
// is displayed.
if (row.Cells[1].Text == "ANATR")
{
<!-- This example uses Microsoft SQL Server and connects -->
<!-- to the Northwind sample database. Use an ASP.NET -->
<!-- expression to retrieve the connection string value -->
<!-- from the Web.config file. -->
<asp:sqldatasource id="CustomersSource"
selectcommand="Select [CustomerID], [CompanyName], [Address], [City], [PostalCode], [Country] From [Customers]"
connectionstring="<%$ ConnectionStrings:NorthWindConnectionString%>"
runat="server"/>