I am currently in a dilemma with my gridview not returning a label, which is within a detailsview...

My C# code is:

protected void GridView1_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    // get pet number for when removing a pet from reservation
    int numberSelected = -1;
    String numbertxt = "-1";
    GridView gv1 = (GridView)sender;
    GridViewRow rvRow = gv1.Rows[gv1.SelectedRow.RowIndex];
    Label numberLbl = (Label)rvRow.Cells[0].FindControl("lblNumber");
    // find selected index, and get number in column 0
    // label within GridView1 within dvReservation DetailsView
    numbertxt = numberLbl.Text;

    ...

Gridview:

<asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="False"
    DataSourceID="dsObjGet"
    OnSelectedIndexChanged="GridView1_SelectedIndexChanged">
    <Columns>
        <asp:TemplateField InsertVisible="False" ShowHeader="False">
            <AlternatingItemTemplate>
                <asp:Label ID="lblNumber" runat="server"
                    Text='<%# Eval("NUMBER") %>' Visible="False"></asp:Label>
            </AlternatingItemTemplate>
            <ItemTemplate>
                <asp:Label ID="lblNumber" runat="server"
                    Text='<%# Eval("NUMBER") %>' Visible="False"></asp:Label>
            </ItemTemplate>
        </asp:TemplateField>
        <asp:TemplateField ShowHeader="False">
            <AlternatingItemTemplate>
                <asp:Label ID="lblName" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("NAME") %>'>
                </asp:Label>
            </AlternatingItemTemplate>
            <ItemTemplate>
                <asp:Label ID="lblName" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("NAME") %>'>
                </asp:Label>
            </ItemTemplate>
        </asp:TemplateField>
        <asp:CommandField SelectText="Remove" ShowSelectButton="True"
            CausesValidation="False">
            <ControlStyle CssClass="link" />
        </asp:CommandField>
    </Columns>
</asp:GridView>

When I breakpoint

Label numberLbl = (Label)rvRow.Cells[0].FindControl("lblNumber");

the label comes out as null (numberLbl)...

The message returned from the exception is: "Object reference not set to an instance of an object"