To show empty gridview when no data is available to display

Question

0.00/5 (No votes)

See more:

hi,
i have a gridview whose getting data from an database.i can do search and addition of data.but when u search for an record not present i ll display the message in a label present above d gridview.but my prob is..i need to display the header and footer(insertion through footers)
pls help me out...i need to do it soon
thanks

Posted 5-Jan-12 20:48pm

Member 8459400

Updated 10-Jun-18 23:15pm

Add a Solution

6 solutions

Solution 1

hope it helps
http://geekswithblogs.net/dotNETvinz/archive/2009/03/11/tiptrick-show-header-and-footer-of-gridview-when-no-data.aspx

Posted 5-Jan-12 20:53pm

uspatel

Comments

Member 8459400 6-Jan-12 3:00am

its there a simple way of doing it then using datatable??
i m new to asp.net n i need to do this now..please help

Solution 4

It will Help u

C#

if (ds_login.Tables[0].Rows.Count == 0)
 {
     #region header with no record
     ds_login.Tables[0].Rows.Add(ds_login.Tables[0].NewRow());
     GridView1.DataSource = ds_login;
     GridView1.DataBind();
     int columncount = GridView1.Rows[0].Cells.Count;
     GridView1.Rows[0].Cells.Clear();
     GridView1.Rows[0].Cells.Add(new TableCell());
     GridView1.Rows[0].Cells[0].ColumnSpan = columncount;
     GridView1.Rows[0].Cells[0].Text = "No Records Found";
     #endregion
 }
 else
 {
     GridView1.DataSource = ds_login;
     GridView1.DataBind();
 }

Posted 5-Jan-12 23:37pm

Prince Antony G

Comments

Venkatesh Chunchu 24-Jan-18 7:27am

Working For Me Thanks.

Member 13745846 1-May-18 17:38pm

That fixes the problem nicely.

Solution 3

may be you are not getting my point. see

first bind your gridview

if you are using datatable

then check the condition if (dt.rows.count>0) or (<0)
if it is > 0 then simply bind gridview. but in case if it is < 0. then in else statement try the below code

C#

dt.Rows.Add(dt.NewRow());
grid1.DataSource = dt;
grid1.DataBind();
int totalcolums = grid1.Rows[0].Cells.Count;
grid1.Rows[0].Cells.Clear();
grid1.Rows[0].Cells.Add(new TableCell());
grid1.Rows[0].Cells[0].ColumnSpan = totalcolums;
grid1.Rows[0].Cells[0].Text = "No Data Found";

if any error occured then let us know. Thanks

Posted 5-Jan-12 22:02pm

devbtl

Comments

Member 8459400 6-Jan-12 4:44am

dt.Rows.Add(dt.NewRow());
grid1.DataSource = dt;
grid1.DataBind();
int totalcolums = grid1.Rows[0].Cells.Count; //i m getting a arguementoutofrange exception here
grid1.Rows[0].Cells.Clear();
grid1.Rows[0].Cells.Add(new TableCell());
grid1.Rows[0].Cells[0].ColumnSpan = totalcolums;
grid1.Rows[0].Cells[0].Text = "No Data Found";

pls help me...i m in trouble or else

dhanabalaan 13-Feb-14 2:07am

Its working fine in first time load, but after postback colspan not working.

Solution 5

you can use emptydatatemplate to display some thing when the gridview is empty

try this
========
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.ui.webcontrols.gridview.emptydatatemplate.aspx

Posted 6-Jan-12 0:07am

Praveen2886

Solution 6

try this

<asp:gridview id="gvwPlanDetail" autogeneratecolumns="false" runat="server" width="100%" xmlns:asp="#unknown">
                        OnRowDataBound="gvwPlanDetail_RowDataBound">
                        <emptydatarowstyle />
                        <emptydatatemplate>
                            <td>
                                Created Date
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                Modified Date
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                App Status
                            </td>
                        </emptydatatemplate>
                        <columns>


                            <asp:templatefield headertext=" Created Date">
                                <itemtemplate>
                                    <asp:label id="lblCreatedDate" runat="server" text="<%#DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,"CreatedDate") %>"></asp:label>
                                </itemtemplate>
                            </asp:templatefield>
                            <asp:templatefield headertext="Modified Date">
                                <itemtemplate>
                                    <asp:label id="lblModifiedDate" runat="server" text="<%#DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,"ModifiedDate") %>"></asp:label>
                                </itemtemplate>
                            </asp:templatefield>
                            <asp:templatefield headertext="APP Status">
                                <itemtemplate>
                                    <asp:label id="lblStatus" visible="true" runat="server" text="<%#DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,"AppStatus")%>">
                                    </asp:label>
                                     <asp:imagebutton id="ibtnCancel" runat="server" imageurl="~/images/Cancel_New.gif">
                                      ToolTip="Cancel Scheme" CssClass="groovybutton"
                                                    Visible="false" OnCommand="ibtnCancel_Command" OnClientClick="return confirm('Are you sure you want to Cancel Plan?')"/>
                                  </asp:imagebutton></itemtemplate>
                            </asp:templatefield>
                        </columns>
                    </asp:gridview>

Posted 6-Jan-12 0:20am

chetan virkar

Add a Solution

Add your solution here

Treat my content as plain text, not as HTML

Preview 0

…

Existing Members

Sign in to your account

...or Join us

Download, Vote, Comment, Publish.

Your Email
Password
Forgot your password?

Your Email
This email is in use. Do you need your password?
Optional Password

I have read and agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy
Please subscribe me to the CodeProject newsletters

When answering a question please:

Read the question carefully.
Understand that English isn't everyone's first language so be lenient of bad spelling and grammar.
If a question is poorly phrased then either ask for clarification, ignore it, or edit the question and fix the problem. Insults are not welcome.
Don't tell someone to read the manual. Chances are they have and don't get it. Provide an answer or move on to the next question.

Let's work to help developers, not make them feel stupid.

This content, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

devbtl · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-05T20:54:00

Solution 2

you can do it by

C#

if (dt.Rows.Count > 0)
                {
                    grid1.DataSource = dt;
                    grid1.DataBind();
                }
                else
                {
                    dt.Rows.Add(dt.NewRow());
                    grid1.DataSource = dt;
                    grid1.DataBind();
                    int totalcolums = grid1.Rows[0].Cells.Count;
                    grid1.Rows[0].Cells.Clear();
                    grid1.Rows[0].Cells.Add(new TableCell());
                    grid1.Rows[0].Cells[0].ColumnSpan = totalcolums;
                    grid1.Rows[0].Cells[0].Text = "No Data Found";
                }

Posted 5-Jan-12 20:54pm

devbtl

Comments

Member 8459400 6-Jan-12 2:57am

grid1 represnts gridview id...wats dt??

devbtl 6-Jan-12 3:03am

datatable dt=new datatable();
dt contain gridview data or simply a select query output for your gridview.
grid1 is your gridview

devbtl 6-Jan-12 3:16am

new sqldataadaptor("select * from table").fill(dt);
then set this dt to gridview datasource

Member 8459400 6-Jan-12 3:38am

can u suggest any other simple way of doing it

devbtl 6-Jan-12 3:41am

try the abobe method if any error occured then plz let me know

Member 13745846 1-May-18 17:40pm

Yes, that is what I did. dt is datatable, which is a subset of dataset, which was represented by ds_login earlier. Otherwise the code is the same.