What is the diff. between gridview and datagrid?

DataGrid was an ASP.NET 1.1 control, still supported.
GridView arrived in 2.0, made certain tasks simpler added different databinding features:

This link has a comparison of DataGrid and GridView features:
DataGrid & GridView[^]

The GridView control also has a number of new features and advantages over the DataGrid control, which include:

-Richer design-time capabilities.
-Improved data source binding capabilities.
-Automatic handling of sorting, paging, updates, and deletes.
-Additional column types and design-time column operations.
-A Customized pager user interface (UI) with the PagerTemplate property.

Differences include:
-Different custom-paging support.
-Different event models.

Some more:
Comparing the GridView and DataGrid Web Server Controls[^]

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Both the DataGrid and GridView controls are derived from the WebControl class. Although it has a similar object model to that of the DataGrid control, the GridView control also has a number of new features and advantages over the DataGrid control, which include:

* Richer design-time capabilities.
* Improved data source binding capabilities.
* Automatic handling of sorting, paging, updates, and deletes.
* Additional column types and design-time column operations.
* A Customized pager user interface (UI) with the PagerTemplate property.

Differences between the GridView control and the DataGrid control include:

* Different custom-paging support.
* Different event models.

for more detail refer below link :
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/05yye6k9.aspx[^]

GridView can bulid pages on mobile devices

DataGrid in 1.x doesn't supports the themes however in 2.0 it perform themes.

The DataGrid in version 2.0 can also render adaptively,

GridView supports the classic bindingbased on the DataSource property.

GridView provides the option for paging ,sorting in easy click of a button however datagrid
required some coding


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http://www.dotnet-tricks.com/Tutorial/aspnet/STT9111013-Difference-Between-GridView-and-DataGrid-and-ListView.html