Generate serial number in gridview

If I am getting your question right, this is how you do it:
1. Add OnRowDataBound="GridView1_RowDataBound" inside your GridView declaration:

<asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server" OnRowDataBound="GridView1_RowDataBound" ...

2. Add TemplateField inside your GridView:

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Serial number">
    <ItemTemplate>
        <asp:Label ID="lblSerial" runat="server"></asp:Label>
    </ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>

3. Add this in code-behind:

protected void GridView1_RowDataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e)
    {
        if (e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow)
        {
            Label lblSerial = (Label)e.Row.FindControl("lblSerial");
            lblSerial.Text = ((GridView1.PageIndex * GridView1.PageSize) + e.Row.RowIndex + 1).ToString();
        }
    }

Hope this helps.:thumbsup:

This is what you are looking for. Simple, easy and lightweight . Just use this code and you will get it done just like that........ and it will work in paging also...

<asp:TemplateField>
 <HeaderTemplate>
 Serial No.</HeaderTemplate>
 <itemtemplate>
 <asp:Label ID="lblSRNO" runat="server" Text='<%#Container.DataItemIndex+1 %>'>
 </itemtemplate>

you can ask me any questions i will try my hand on that....

tell me after you done....

happy coding

html code inside gridview

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Serial number">
    <ItemTemplate>
        <asp:Label ID="lblSerial" runat="server"></asp:Label>
    </ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>

and at page load..


where you are binding the data to the gridview..

use a foreach loop...



like

int i=1;
foreach(gridviewrow row in id of gridview.rows)
{
   label lbl = (label)row.findcontrol("lblserial");
   lbl.text= i;
   i++;
}

hope this will help.. :thumbsup:

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="sl.no" >
        <ItemTemplate >
             <%#Container.DataItemIndex+1 %>
        </ItemTemplate>
     </asp:TemplateField>