What is GridVIew Control in Asp.Net c#

GRIDVIEW DATA CONTROL



The Gridview control is the successor to the DataGrid and extends it in a number of ways.

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

With this Gridview control, you could display an entire collection of data, easily add sorting and paging, and perform inline editing.

In addition to just displaying data, the Gridviewcan be used to edit and delete the displayed data as well.

The Gridview comes with a pair of complementary view controls:

1. DetailsView 
2. FormView.

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

the GridView control reflected against the fields of the data records returned by SqlDataSource in order to dynamically generate the columns of the grid. You can also specify explicit column fields to display by adding DataControlFields  objects to the GridView's Columns collection.

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.