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Pass parameter from Gridview column to Javascript

I need to pass an argument (which comes from my database) from a radgrid view column to my javascript (which opens a dialog box window). However, I can't put the "bind("Id")" as a parameter from where I call the javascript as href.
In simpler words, I am looking for a way to pass <% Bind("Id")%> to the javascript, OpenMyWindow, call instead of the hardcoded, 111, right now.
<telerik:GridTemplateColumn UniqueName="Meet" DataField="Subject" HeaderText="Meet">
<ItemTemplate>
<div style="text-align: center">
<asp:LinkButton ID="LinkButton1" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("Subject") %>' href="javascript: OpenMyWindow(111);" Width="30%">
</asp:LinkButton>
</div>
</ItemTemplate>
</telerik:GridTemplateColumn>
When I try "OnClick" instead of "href", my popup dialog box closes instantly and doesn't stay opened.

Try using "OnClientClick" and return false from your javascript method to prevent post back.
Alternatively. You could use a method passing in the DataIten. Then output an anchor tag created anyway you like:
<%# formatOpener(Container.DataItem) %>
With code behind of:
protected string formatOpener(object item)
{
ObjectType myObj = (ObjectType)item;
return String.Format("<a href=\"javascript:OpenMyWindow({0});\" width=\"30%\"/>{1}</a>", myObj.ID, myObj.subject);
}

I think you don't need a LinkButton, you could achieve it with an asp:HyperLink (which renders as a a tag):
<asp:HyperLink ID="HyperLink1" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("Subject") %>' NavigateUrl='<%# "javascript: OpenMyWindow(" + Eval("ID").ToString() + ");" %>'></asp:HyperLink>
Also, don't use Bind if you don't need it, for displaying purposes always use Eval.

User HyperLink control instead and try setting the NavigateUrl property of the HyperLink this way:
<asp:HyperLink ID="hlLink" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("Subject") %>' NavigateUrl='<%#Eval("Id", "javascript: OpenMyWindow({0});")%>'>
hope it helps./.

I finally figured out and solved this issue. Actually, somebody told me on the other post that, CommandArgument is completely a server-side property and doesn't render any html attribute. So I can't change any button's attribute and fire click on it. I finally made "Id" come through the code behind and made it work.
aspx code
<telerik:GridButtonColumn UniqueName="Subject" DataTextField="Subject" HeaderText="Meeting">
<HeaderStyle Width="30%" />
<ItemStyle HorizontalAlign="Center" />
</telerik:GridButtonColumn>
Code Behind
var subjectLink = meetingRow["Subject"].Controls[0] as LinkButton;
subjectLink.Attributes.Add("onClick", "javascript: return OpenMyWindow('" + meetingId + "')");

error in the gridview control

I have a Gridview and the columns defined like below.
When I run the program I get the error
Literal content is not allowed within a System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataControlFieldCollection
<Columns>
<asp:CommandField ButtonType="Image"
ControlStyle-Height="20"
ControlStyle-Width="30"
SelectImageUrl="tar.png"
SelectText="Select"
ShowSelectButton="true"/>
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Target Date">
<EditItemTemplate>
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server"
Text='<%# Bind("tar_date") %>'>
</asp:TextBox>
</EditItemTemplate>
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Label ID="lbl1" runat="server"
Text='<%# Bind("tar_date") %>'>
</asp:Label>
</ItemTemplate>
<ItemStyle HorizontalAlign="Right" />
</asp:TemplateField>
</Columns>
Can anyone help me solving this?

Nothing seems to be wrong with your markup.
The only thing I would recommend is ending the Label control immediately and trying it again.
<asp:Label ID="lbl1" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("tar_date") %>' />
// OR
<asp:Label ID="lbl1" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("tar_date") %>'></asp:Label>
In the past I have seen issues when Tab, or some unintentional characters come in between some of the templated controls. Check if you have any such characters by redoing every line from scratch.

This question is a little old, but for the others who encounter this problem:
This problem can caused by not putting white space between properties. For example:
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server"Text='<%# Bind("tar_date") %>'> </asp:TextBox> //wrong (no space before Text)

This was such a frustrating error to run into. I wasted about 4 hours on this and there are surprisingly few resources I could find on Google to help me troubleshoot it. I was updating a legacy application, so the intricacies of a GridView were a bit hazy since I haven't created one from scratch in a while.
At the end of it, the fix was a result of a suggestion by Raja to rewrite the control. Visual Studio wasn't highlighting a very important issue and the ambiguous nature of the error message had me looking at the wrong grid columns. Despite the error pointing to an issue with the TemplateField, the issue for me was actually in a BoundField.
During a conversion from Telerik RadGrid to GridView, the BoundField control had an orphaned <ItemStyle> tag nested inside of it, but the BoundField control doesn't allow this.
Visually, you wouldn't know or even suspect this, unless you have recent familiarity with GridView. You couldn't run into it by debugging. Visual Studio and the compiler were not reporting this either. So troubleshooting it was a beast.
The thing that worked was rewriting the grid, line-by-line. Thanks, Raja!
The autocomplete feature in Visual Studio wouldn't let me close the BoundField control to add any other tag/control of any kind. This is when I finally realized where the issue was.
I hope this helps another unlucky Googler. :)

Getting a variable into the PostBackUrl of a LinkButton in a Gridview

Can anyone tell me how to get this to work please? It is a LinkButton in a row in a Gridview (in an ItemTemplate)
<asp:LinkButton ID="lbOrder" runat="server" PostBackUrl='EditOrder.aspx?OrderID=<%# Eval("OrderID") %>' Text='<%# Eval("OrderID") %>'></asp:LinkButton>
It appears okay on screen. When I click it - the OrderID is not being passed.
On the EditOrder page the querystring looks like:
http://mysite/Orders/OrderID.aspx?OrderID=<%# Eval(\"OrderID\")%>
I have tried plenty of permutations of single inverted commas and double inverted commas - but I can't get the OrderID to appear in the queryString correctly.

Is a post-back really necessary? I suggest you to use asp:HyperLink instead.
<asp:LinkButton ID="lbOrder" runat="server" NavigateUrl='<%# String.Format("~/EditOrder.aspx?OrderID={0}", Eval("OrderID"))%>' Text='<%# Eval("OrderID") %>'></asp:LinkButton>

GridView trouble in .Net

i think this maybe an easy one...
I have a Gridview, bound to a dataSource with this query:
select userid, name, phone from users
I need to change the content of the Name cell to a link, like so:
User's Name
so OnRowDataBound i'm doing this:
e.Row.Cells[1].Text = "" + e.Row.Cells[1].Text + "";
It all works fine this way. My problem is that i don't want to display the UserId column in the Gridview, but when i attribute it (asp attribute or server-side) Visible="false" to the BoundField UserId, i can't capture it's value to build the Name Cell.
Thanx for your help

Make your gridView to use template items instead of simple grivdiew column.
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="FirstName" SortExpression="FirstName">
<EditItemTemplate>
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("FirstName")%>'>
</asp:TextBox>
</EditItemTemplate>
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("FirstName") %>'>
</asp:Label>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
You can find a nice intro Here

Agree with Jani, this should be done with a template field. If you really need to do it the other way, see Can data be kept in a dynamically bound GridView's invisible fields?.

you can set the visibility on the onrowdatabound event

How do i put 2 DataSet Table Results in one GridView Column?

I have two results from a data set. I want to add both results in one gridview column. I do not want to merge in the code behind. Is there another way to do that?
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Entered Date" SortExpression="Date">
<ItemTemplate>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<asp:Label ID="Label3" runat="server" Text='<%# formatDisplayDate(Eval("Date").ToString()) %>'></asp:Label>
</div>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
Now i would return "04/04/2009". I would like to return "04/04/2009-PASSED"

Have you tried:
formatDisplayDate(Eval("Date").ToString()) & "-" & Eval("OtherField").ToString()
If that doesn't work you should be able to set up a TemplateField for the combined rows like this:
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="CombinedFieldName" SortExpression="CombinedFieldName">
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server"
Text='<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container,"DataItem.FirstField") %>' >
</asp:Label>
-
<asp:Label ID="Label2" runat="server"
Text='<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container,"DataItem.SecondField") %>' >
</asp:Label>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
That said - it is usually much more efficient to do the field concatenation in the database operation if possible. I haven't tested, but I would assume that concatenating in the SELECT would be fastest, followed by concatenating in the data set in the codebehind, and combining them on the ASP.Net page would be slowest.

Another option would be to create a calculated column in the DataTable, using the DataColumn.Expression property

My first question is why don't you want to merge in the code behind? The more content you bind to a control the more data that gets put into that controls view state.
#Gary.Ray has a really good solution, but something you might find better is to use linq to build a single data object from your existing data sets that way you only include what you need and the data is a lot easier to isolate, think single responsibility pattern here, if you can move the code that deals with getting your data to somewhere that only deals with getting data your application will be MUCH easy to maintain in the future.