passing a parameter from a ImageButton to code behind
<p><strong>EDITED QUESTION</strong></p>

<p>I want to pass a variable, in this case 'name' containing the string bill, to a code behind method and use debug.print to see it</p>

<pre><code>string name = "bill";
&lt;asp:ImageButton runat="server" id="DeleteButton"  ImageUrl="Images/delete.jpg" 
CommandArgument='&lt;%# Eval("name") %&gt;' CommandName="ThisBtnClick" text="Delete Me" onclick="DeleteMonth" /&gt; 
</code></pre>

<p>I've tried:</p>

<pre><code>CommandArgument='&lt;%# Eval("name") %&gt;'
CommandArgument='&lt;%# Bind("name") %&gt;'
CommandArgument='&lt;%= "name" %&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>This is my print function</p>

<pre><code>protected void DeleteMonth(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    ImageButton btn = (ImageButton)sender;
      switch (btn.CommandName)
    {
        case "ThisBtnClick":
            Debug.Print("--" + btn.CommandArgument.ToString());
            break;
        case "ThatBtnClick":
            break;
    }
}
</code></pre>

<p>I think i need to databind something first but honestly I have no idea. I just get a blank when i print. Has anyone dealt with this before</p>

<p><strong>EDIT</strong></p>

<p>What I want to do is dynamically create a table. the name variable gets pulled from a database and then creates a table based on that name. I want the last column of the table to be an X so i can delete everything in that row. I'm using an imagebutton. here's my code</p>

<pre><code>using (System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection conn = new System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection(sqlConnectionString))
    {
        conn.Open();
        string query = "SELECT * FROM dbo.Archive";
        System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand cmd = new System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand(query, conn);
        System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataReader rdr = cmd.ExecuteReader();

        while (rdr.Read())
        {
            string name, created, 1Updated, 2Updated, 3Updated;
            name = rdr.GetString(1);                    // name of month
            if (!(rdr.IsDBNull(2)))                     // checks date for a null value
            { created = rdr.GetDateTime(2).ToString(); }// if not null date is turned into a string and saved in a variable
            else
            { created = "---"; }                        // else date is given a default value
            if (!(rdr.IsDBNull(3)))
            { 1Updated = rdr.GetDateTime(3).ToString(); }
            else
            { 1Updated = "---"; }
            if (!(rdr.IsDBNull(4)))
            { 2Updated = rdr.GetDateTime(4).ToString(); }
            else
            { 2Updated = "---"; }
            if (!(rdr.IsDBNull(5)))
            { 3Updated = rdr.GetDateTime(5).ToString(); }
            else
            { 3Updated = "---"; }

            Response.Write("&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;" + name + "&lt;/td&gt;");
            Response.Write("&lt;td&gt;" + created + "&lt;/td&gt;");
            Response.Write("&lt;td&gt;" + 1Updated + "&lt;/td&gt;");
            Response.Write("&lt;td&gt;" + 2Updated + "&lt;/td&gt;");
            Response.Write("&lt;td&gt;" + 3Updated + "&lt;/td&gt;");
            Response.Write("&lt;td&gt;&lt;a&gt;1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;");
            Response.Write("&lt;td&gt;&lt;a&gt;2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;");
            Response.Write("&lt;td&gt;&lt;a&gt;3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;");
            Response.Write("&lt;td&gt;&lt;a&gt;Compliance Summary&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;");

            Response.Write("&lt;td align = 'center'&gt;"+name);%&gt; 
            &lt;asp:ImageButton runat="server" id="DeleteButton"  ImageUrl="Images/delete.jpg" 
            CommandArgument='&lt;%# Eval("name") %&gt;' CommandName="ThisBtnClick" text="Delete Me" onclick="DeleteMonth" /&gt; 
            &lt;% Response.Write("&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;");
        }     
</code></pre>
