OK to use the same ID in each FormView template?

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Cal Who

I'm looking at someone else's code and it contains a FormView with a
InsertItemTemplate and a EditItemTemplate.

In each template there is a
<asp:TextBox ID="titleTextBox"...

element.



That is the same ID is in both templates. It appears to work OK

Is that OK.

Is it a good way to program?

What happens if I use FindControl? Does it find the active one?



Thank in advance for any info
 
Cal Who said:
I'm looking at someone else's code and it contains a FormView with a
InsertItemTemplate and a EditItemTemplate.

In each template there is a
<asp:TextBox ID="titleTextBox"...

element.



That is the same ID is in both templates. It appears to work OK

Is that OK.

Is it a good way to program?

What happens if I use FindControl? Does it find the active one?



Thank in advance for any info
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yes.

It finds the id in html that's going to be emitted.
By definition, this is the "active" one.
 
Andy O'Neill said:
yes.

It finds the id in html that's going to be emitted.
By definition, this is the "active" one.
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I take it that there is no advantage to using different IDs.


Thanks
 
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