Show empty GridView as empty grid

Hi;

Is there a way to show a grid view with no data as a grid - but it just has
a header or a header and 1 empty row?

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stcheng
Tue Oct 17 03:16:33 CDT 2006

Hello Dave,

If you want to display Row (no matter empty or not), we have to bind
Gridview with a datasource. Actually, if the expected datasource's schema
is not very complex, you can simply create a empty DataTable and bind it to
GridView. e.g:


==========================
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
DataTable dt = new DataTable();
dt.Columns.Add("name");
dt.Columns.Add("description");

dt.Rows.Add(new object[] {"","" });

GridView2.DataSource = dt;
GridView2.DataBind();
}
===========================

Otherwise, we can only use the EmptyDataTemplate to provide the UI to
display when there is no data.

===============
<EmptyDataTemplate>
..............
</EmptyDataTemplate>
</asp:GridView>
===============


Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead


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