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asp:GridView control
GridView control is a successor to the ASP.NET 1.X DataGrid control.
 
GridView control is a successor to the ASP.NET 1.X DataGrid control. It provides more flexibility in displaying and working with data from your database in comparison with any other controls. The GridView control enables you to connect to a datasource and display data is tabular format, however you have bunch of options to customize the look and feel. When it is rendered on the page, generally it is implemented through <table> HTML tag.

Its properties like BackColor, ForeColor, BorderColor, BorderStyle, BorderWidth, Height etc. are implemented through style properites of <tahle> tag.

Following are some important properties that are very useful.
Behavior Properties of the GridView Control
AllowPaging true/false. Indicate whether the control should support paging.
AllowSorting true/false. Indicate whether the control should support sorting.
SortExpression Gets the current sort expression (field name) that determines the order of the row.
SortDirection Gets the sorting direction of the column sorted currently (Ascending/Descending).
DataSource Gets or sets the data source object that contains the data to populate the control.
DataSourceID Indicate the bound data source control to use (Generally used when we are using SqlDataSource or AccessDataSource to bind the data, See 1st Grid example).
AutoGenerateEditButton true/false. Indicates whether a separate column should be added to edit the record.
AutoGenerateDeleteButton true/false. Indicates whether a separate column should be added to delete the record.
AutoGenerateSelectButton true/false. Indicate whether a separate column should be added to selecat a particular record.
AutoGenerateColumns true/false. Indicate whether columns are automatically created for each field of the data source. The default is true.
Style Properties of the GridView Control
AlternatingRowStyle Defines the style properties for every alternate row in the GridView.
EditRowStyle Defines the style properties for the row in EditView (When you click Edit button for a row, the row will appear in this style).
RowStyle Defines the style properties of the rows of the GridView.
PagerStyle Defines the style properties of Pager of the GridView. (If AllowPaging=true, the page number row appears in this style)
EmptyDataRowStyle Defines the style properties of the empty row, which appears if there is no records in the data source.
HeaderStyle Defines the style properties of the header of the GridView. (The column header appears in this style.)
FooterStyle Defines the style properties of the footer of GridView.
Appearance Properties of the GridView Control
CellPadding Indicates the space in pixel between the cells and the border of the GridView.
CellSpacing Indicates the space in pixel between cells.
GridLines Both/Horizontal/Vertical/None. Indicates whether GrdiLines should appear or not, if yes Horizontal, Vertical or Both.
HorizontalAlign Indicates the horizontal align of the GridView.
EmptyDataText Indicates the text to appear when there is no record in the data source.
ShowFooter Indicates whether the footer should appear or not.
ShowHeader Indicates whether the header should appear or not. (The column name of the GridView)
BackImageUrl Indicates the location of the image that should display as a background of the GridView.
Caption Gets or sets the caption of the GridView.
CaptionAlign left/center/right. Gets or sets the horizontal position of the GridView caption.
State Properties of GridView Control
Columns Gets the collection of objects that represent the columns in the GridView.
EditIndex Gets or sets the 0-based index that identifies the row currently to be edited.
FooterRow Returns a GridViewRow object that represents the footer of the GridView.
HeaderRow Returns a GridViewRow object that represents the header of the GridView.
PageCount Gets the number of the pages required to display the reocrds of the data source.
PageIndex Gets or sets the 0-based page index.
PageIndex Gets or sets the number of records to display in one page of GridView.
Rows Gets a collection of GridViewRow objects that represents the currently displayed rows in the GridView.
DataKeyNames Gets an array that contains the names of the primary key field of the currently displayed rows in the GridView.
DataKeys Gets a collection of DataKey objects that represent the value of the primary key fields set in DataKeyNames property of the GridView.
Events associated with GridView Control
PageIndexChanging, PageIndexChanged Both events occur when the page link is clicked. They fire before and after GridView handles the paging operation respectively.
RowCancelingEdit Fires when Cancel button is clicked in Edit mode of GridView.
RowCommand Fires when a button is clicked on any row of GridView.
RowCreated Fires when a new row is created in GridView.
RowDataBound Fires when row is bound to the data in GridView.
RowDeleting,RowDeleted Both events fires when Delete button of a row is clicked. They fire before and after GridView handles deleting operaton of the row respectively.
RowEditing Fires when a Edit button of a row is clicked but before the GridView hanldes the Edit operation.
RowUpdating, RowUpdated Both events fire when a update button of a row is clicked. They fire before and after GridView control update operation respectively.
Sorting, Sorted Both events fire when column header link is clicked. They fire before and after the GridView handler the Sort operation respectively.
DEMO : Button Show Source Code
1st Grid: Simple GridView with SqlDataSource
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Note: Updating this GridView will not affect 2nd GridView listing unless you come to this page without page postback as that GridView data has been bound in not IsPostBack condition.
2nd Grid: GridView with CodeBehind Data Bound
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// 1st GridView /////////////////////////
<asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server" DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1" Caption="1st Grid: Simple GridView with SqlDataSource"
     AllowPaging="True" AllowSorting="True" AutoGenerateEditButton="true" 
      DataKeyNames="AutoID" PageSize="8">
      <Columns>
        <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Delete?">
            <ItemTemplate>
                <asp:LinkButton ID="lnk1" runat="server" Text="Delete" OnClientClick="return confirm('Are you sure to Delete?')" CommandName="Delete"></asp:LinkButton>
            </ItemTemplate>
        </asp:TemplateField>
      </Columns>
    </asp:GridView>
    <asp:SqlDataSource ID="SqlDataSource1" runat="server" ConnectionString='<%$ ConnectionStrings:ConnStr %>'
     SelectCommand="Select * FROM SampleForTutorials ORDER BY [Name]"
     DeleteCommand="Delete FROM SampleForTutorials WHERE AutoID = @AutoID"
     UpdateCommand="UPDATE SampleForTutorials SET Name = @Name, Address = @Address, Phone = @Phone, City = @City WHERE AutoID = @AutoID">
        <DeleteParameters>
            <asp:Parameter Name="AutoID" />
        </DeleteParameters>
        <UpdateParameters>
            <asp:Parameter Name="AutoID" Type="Int32" />
            <asp:Parameter Name="Name" Type="string" Size="50" />
            <asp:Parameter Name="Address" Type="string" Size="200" />
            <asp:Parameter Name="Phone" Type="int32" />
            <asp:Parameter Name="City" Type="string" Size="20" />
        </UpdateParameters>
     </asp:SqlDataSource>
     
     
     // 2nd GridView /////////////////////////
<asp:GridView ID="GridView2" runat="server" BackColor="LightGoldenrodYellow" BorderColor="Tan"
 Caption="2nd Grid: GridView with CodeBehind Data Bound" AllowPaging="False" AllowSorting="False"
    BorderWidth="1px" CellPadding="2" ForeColor="Black" GridLines="None">
    <FooterStyle BackColor="Tan" />
    <SelectedRowStyle BackColor="DarkSlateBlue" ForeColor="GhostWhite" />
    <PagerStyle BackColor="PaleGoldenrod" ForeColor="DarkSlateBlue" HorizontalAlign="Center" Font-Bold="True" />
    <HeaderStyle BackColor="Tan" Font-Bold="True" />
    <AlternatingRowStyle BackColor="PaleGoldenrod" />
</asp:GridView>     
 
 
 // CODE BEHIND
 
// Bind the GridView /////////////////////////
private void BindGridView()
{
    string connStr = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["ConnStr"].ToString();
    SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(connStr);
    conn.Open();
    SqlDataAdapter dAd = null;
    DataSet dSet = new DataSet();
    try
    {
        string strSql = "Select * FROM SampleForTutorials ORDER BY [Name]";
        dAd = new SqlDataAdapter(strSql, conn);
        dAd.Fill(dSet, "SampleTable");

        GridView2.DataSource = dSet.Tables["SampleTable"].DefaultView;
        GridView2.DataBind();
        
    }
    catch (Exception ee)
    {
        lblError.Text = "Error occured. <br>+" + ee.Message.ToString();
    }
    finally
    {
        dSet.Dispose();
        dAd.Dispose();
        conn.Close();
        conn.Dispose();
    }
}
     
                    





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