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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<script runat="server">

</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
    <title>Untitled Page</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
        <asp:GridView ID="GridView1" 
                      Runat="server" 
                      DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1"
                      DataKeyNames="CustomerID" 
                      AutoGenerateColumns="False"
                      AllowSorting="True" 
                      AllowPaging="True" 
                      PageSize="10">
             <PagerStyle HorizontalAlign="Center"></PagerStyle>
             <PagerSettings Position="TopAndBottom" 
                            FirstPageText="Go to the first page" 
                            LastPageText="Go to the last page" 
                            Mode="NextPreviousFirstLast">
             </PagerSettings>
            <Columns>
                <asp:BoundField ReadOnly="True" 
                                HeaderText="CustomerID"
                                DataField="CustomerID"
                                SortExpression="CustomerID"/>
                <asp:BoundField HeaderText="CompanyName" 
                                DataField="CompanyName"
                                SortExpression="CompanyName"/>
                <asp:BoundField HeaderText="ContactName" 
                                DataField="ContactName"
                                SortExpression="ContactName"/>
                <asp:BoundField HeaderText="ContactTitle" 
                                DataField="ContactTitle"
                                SortExpression="ContactTitle"/>
                <asp:BoundField HeaderText="Address" 
                                DataField="Address"
                                SortExpression="Address"/>
                <asp:BoundField HeaderText="City" 
                                DataField="City"
                                SortExpression="City"/>
                <asp:BoundField HeaderText="Region" 
                                NullDisplayText="N/A"
                                DataField="Region" 
                                SortExpression="Region"/>
                <asp:BoundField HeaderText="PostalCode" 
                                DataField="PostalCode"
                                SortExpression="PostalCode"/>
                <asp:BoundField HeaderText="Country" 
                                DataField="Country" 
                                SortExpression="Country"/>
                <asp:BoundField HeaderText="Phone" 
                                DataField="Phone" 
                                SortExpression="Phone"/>
                <asp:BoundField HeaderText="Fax" 
                                DataField="Fax" 
                                SortExpression="Fax"/>
            </Columns>
        </asp:GridView>

        <asp:SqlDataSource ID="SqlDataSource1" 
                           Runat="server"
                           SelectCommand="SELECT * FROM [Customers]" 
                           ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:AppConnectionString1 %>"
                           DataSourceMode="DataSet"
                           ConflictDetection="CompareAllValues" EnableCaching="True"
                           CacheKeyDependency="MyKey" 
                           CacheDuration="Infinite">
        </asp:SqlDataSource>      
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

File: Web.config

<configuration>
  <appSettings/>
  <connectionStrings>
        <add name="AppConnectionString1" 
             connectionString="Data Source=localhost\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=Northwind;Integrated Security=True"
             providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
    </connectionStrings>
  <system.web>
    <compilation debug="true" strict="false" explicit="true">
      <codeSubDirectories>
        <add directoryName="VB"></add>
        <add directoryName="CS"></add>
      </codeSubDirectories>
    </compilation>
    <pages>
      <namespaces>
        <clear/>
        <add namespace="System"/>
        <add namespace="System.Collections"/>
        <add namespace="System.Collections.Specialized"/>
        <add namespace="System.Configuration"/>
        <add namespace="System.Text"/>
        <add namespace="System.Text.RegularExpressions"/>
        <add namespace="System.Web"/>
        <add namespace="System.Web.Caching"/>
        <add namespace="System.Web.SessionState"/>
        <add namespace="System.Web.Security"/>
        <add namespace="System.Web.Profile"/>
        <add namespace="System.Web.UI"/>
        <add namespace="System.Web.UI.WebControls"/>
        <add namespace="System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts"/>
        <add namespace="System.Web.UI.HtmlControls"/>
      </namespaces>
    </pages>
    <authentication mode="Windows"></authentication>
    <identity impersonate="true"/>
  </system.web>
</configuration>








19.17.GridView
19.17.1.Set RowStyle and HeaderStyle for GridView
19.17.2.GridView DataBind
19.17.3.GridView with template
19.17.4.Using Programmatic DataBinding
19.17.5.Use asp:SqlDataSource and asp:GridView to edit database table
19.17.6.Pageable asp:GridView
19.17.7.Sortable GridView
19.17.8.DataBinding to GridView (C#)
19.17.9.Assign data source to GridView
19.17.10.Editing Data
19.17.11.Prevent concurrency conflict
19.17.12.Displaying a message when no records match.
19.17.13.Displaying a template when no records match.
19.17.14.Formatting the GridView Control
19.17.15.Using Fields with the GridView Control
19.17.16.Using the PagerStyle and PagerSettings objects in the GridView control
19.17.17.Using the Null value