Null Datasource on Page_Load

 I've been trying solution I've found oline all day trying to get a GridView to Display its Header when its datasource returns 0 rows. So far, nothing has worked for me. I did come across an interesting bit of code, but I'm having a spot of bother with something else preventing me from getting it to work.
#region --Empty Grid Fix-- public static void EmptyGridFix(GridView grdView) { // normally executes after a grid load method if (grdView.Rows.Count == 0 && grdView.DataSource != null) { System.Data.DataTable dt = null; // need to clone sources otherwise it will be indirectly adding to the original source if (grdView.DataSource is DataSet) { dt = ((DataSet)grdView.DataSource).Tables[0].Clone(); } else if (grdView.DataSource is System.Data.DataTable) { dt = ((Syste ...