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Cannot activate RowDataBound event for ASP.NET Gridview

I am working through an ASP.NET C# tutorial. I have a simple Gridview with the auto-created Edit & Delete Commandfields. So I've converted the Delete command field to a Templatefield and now I am trying to access the RowDataBound event of the Datagrid to add some code.
When I view the Gridview properties and click on the Events, I can see the RowDataBound event, but when I double-click on that event nothing happens. How do I create my event code? (in fact, I can't double-click on any of the events - they are all disabled).
Here is the top section of code for my gridview:
<asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="False" CellPadding="4" DataKeyNames="colorID"
DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1" ForeColor="#333333" GridLines="None" ShowFooter="True">
<AlternatingRowStyle BackColor="White" />
<Columns>
<%-- Edit Button --%>
<asp:CommandField ShowEditButton="True" />
<%-- Delete Button --%>
<asp:TemplateField ShowHeader="False">
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:LinkButton ID="LinkButton1" runat="server" CausesValidation="False"
CommandName="Delete" Text="Delete"></asp:LinkButton>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
Thanks for your help.
John

When I create a gridview, the turn-on of edits, deletes, and inserts as commandfields works fine. Also if I immediately convert the delete commandfield to a templatefield before I do anything else, then the RowDataBound event (and all of the other events) are active and I can build codebehind content.
So, for now, something in the tutorial I am using is changing the character of the gridview events. Mostly, I was trying to dialog "Are you sure you want to delete Item XYZ?" as a validating Eval of the row I am deleting. But for now, with too many other things to learn, I'll just live with the stock OnClientClick="return confirm('Are you sure?'); and move on to something else that's more important.

ASP.Net GridView - Show the last 4 digits

In my gridview, I have a column that I need everything masked but the last 4-digits.
This is my GridView:
<asp:GridView ID="GridView" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="False" BorderStyle="None" BorderWidth="1px" CellPadding="3" DataKeyNames="br_id" DataSourceID="SqlDataSource6">
<Columns>
<asp:BoundField DataField="AccountNumber" HeaderText="Account Number" SortExpression="AccountNumber" />
</Columns>
</asp:GridView>
I tried the Right function of SQL Server in my SQLDataSource,
`SELECT '****-****-****' + RIGHT (AccountNumber, 4)` FROM....
the issue then is, when I hit edit, and save in my GridView, it will save this in the database, for example: ****-****-****-1234

Return 4 digits from the database. Only update the the account number in the database if you edit the account number.
If the users need to be able to see the full account number then it defeats the purpose of masking it in the first place.

Bind gridview using javascript?

Here is my scenario, I have implemented a gridview, when the user press the add button on the page a new row is generated with empty input texts using javascript, after that the user fill the inputs and press the save button, thus all values is sent as an object to a webservice which handles the data insertion. after that i want to refresh the grid, bind (refresh) my gridview and since i am inserting the data from a html button there is no postback. I know that when you access the gridview from javascript it renders as an HTML table is there a way i can bind data to it, Is there any solution ?

this things depends on yous GridView structure, of course you can use HTML DOM model to modify it and insert new row at end of gridview. but there are lot of manual effort required to achieve this and more chances of bugs.
another approach could be use of UpdatePanel.
<ajax:UpdatePanel ID="UpdatePanel" runat="server" UpdateMode="Conditional">
<ContentTemplate>
<asp:GridView ID="GridView" Visible="false" runat="server" HeaderStyle-Width="200" HeaderStyle-BackColor="#2B6292" HeaderStyle-ForeColor="White"
AllowSorting="true" AllowPaging="true" Width="600" AutoGenerateColumns="False" OnRowCreated="GridView_OnRowCreated"
DataKeyNames="Id" onsorting="GridView_OnSort">
<Columns>
...
</Columns>
</asp:GridView>
</ContentTemplate>
<Triggers>
<ajax:AsyncPostBackTrigger ControlID="CreateButton"/>
</Triggers>
</ajax:UpdatePanel>
please refer to http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/dorony/archive/2008/05/23/using-updatepanel-to-disable-gridview-view-state.aspx for more information.

Sorting Specific Column in a GridView after a DataBound

I have given an access to stored procedure, which i'm not able to edit.
This Stored Procedure returns a Table with 2 Column, what I did is set a GridView's DataSource using SQLDataSource in this stored procedure. but I want this GridView to Sort an specific column to descending whenever this GridView Loads.
<asp:GridView ID="GridView2" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="False"
DataSourceID="SqlDataSource2" ForeColor="Black"
Width="58%" Height="125px" AllowPaging="True" AllowSorting="True"
PageSize="5" >
<Columns>
<asp:BoundField DataField="DateOccur" HeaderText="Login Date"
SortExpression="DateOccur" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="TotalMinutesPlayed" HeaderText="Total Minutes"
SortExpression="TotalMinutesPlayed" />
</Columns>
<AlternatingRowStyle BackColor="#EFEFEF" />
</asp:GridView>
Thanks!~

You could also use the Gridview.Sort method
See Here.

If you can't sort it by editing the SQL itself, you can sort it programmatically by binding a DataView object to the datasource, specifying a Sort expression for the DataView, and then binding the DataGrid to the DataView object.
For a walkthrough of some example code, see here.

I was using a slightly modified version of the example code I found on MSDN.
Gridview Sort Example on MSDN
By combining the example I found with the SortExpression property I can sort on any column even using proprietary sorts my specification called for.

Gridview Column Removing

I have a web application that I am working on(ASP.NET 2.0 C#). In it I have a GridView whose data source is an Oracle database. I get the data into the gridview in my codebehind, and don't set the datasource directly.
I wanted to create a hyperlink field (NAME) that takes me to a details page about a specific record. What ends up happening is that it creates the Hyperlink field as well as the regular field that it gets from the datasource, which I don't want. If I remove the field from my SELECT statement, it gives an error saying something like: "NAME" not found in datasource.
How can I eliminate the regular field, and get a hyperlink field instead? I have tried Gridview.Columns.Remove(columnlocation), but that won't work coz the columns don't exist there originally.
Please Help
Thank you.

Instead of removing columns, disable AutoGenerateColumns property of the gridview and set your hyperlink column manually like that :
<asp:gridview id="GridView1"
autogeneratecolumns="false"
runat="server">
<asp:HyperLinkField DataNavigateUrlFields="UserID"
DataNavigateUrlFormatString="UserDetails.aspx?id={0}"
DataTextField="UserName" />
</asp:gridview>

Sounds like you have AutoGenerateColumns property set to TRUE on your grid. This means that a column is generated for EVERY column you return from your query.
If you want to have some custom columns, you should set AutoGenerateColumns="false" and add all the columns to the GirdView as asp:BoundField and your Hyperlink column as asp:TemplateField
Let me know if I'm off the mark with this
here's some code:
<asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="False">
<Columns>
<asp:BoundField DataField="Name" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="Whatever" />
<asp:TemplateField>
<ItemTemplate>
<a href='<%# Eval("UserId", "URL_TO_USER?userId={0}") %>'>Details</a>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
</Columns>
</asp:GridView>