Hi,

One approach is create a column for hyperlink and in HyperLink attribute of
Enable call the function which will return true or false based on if detail
records are there are not.

It will be something like:

<asp:GridView>
.
.
.
<columns>
<asp:HyperLink runat="server" Enabled='<% IsDetailsRecord %>'
</asp:GridView>

Code Behind Page

protected bool IsDetailsRecord ()
{

//your logic
return;
}

Hi

This is how I fixed the problem:

In the aspx, I added an ItemTemplate column that calls my code behind
passing in important property values of the underlyinf record that is being
bound to (such as the primary key which is called ID):

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Transaction" SortExpression="FunctionCategory">
               <ItemStyle Width="20%" />
               <ItemTemplate>
                   <%# this.GetTransactionColumnHTML( (int)Eval("ID"),
(string)Eval("FunctionCategory"), (int)Eval("DetailsCount") )%>
               </ItemTemplate>
           </asp:TemplateField>

The code behind then does:

      /// <summary>
       /// Returns an HTML fragment to be used for the Transaction column
in the grid.
       /// If the master record has details records an anchor with a link
to the details page is returned;
       /// otherwise, a label with the transaction name is returned.
       /// </summary>
       /// <param name="pk">Primary key of of the master audit record being
rendered</param>
       /// <param name="functionCategory">The transaction type e.g.
Login</param>
       /// <param name="detailsCount">The number of details records
associated witht the master audit record</param>
       /// <returns>HTML fragement</returns>
       public string GetTransactionColumnHTML(int pk, string
functionCategory, int detailsCount)
       {
           string s = string.Empty;

           if (detailsCount > 0)
           {
               // Master record has details records, so return a hyperlink
to the AuditDetails.aspx
               s = "<a href='AuditDetails.aspx?MasterID=" +
Convert.ToString(pk) + "'>" + functionCategory + "</a>";
           }
           else
           {
               // Master record doesn't have any children so just return a
label.
               s = "<label>" + functionCategory + "</label>";
           }

           return s;
       }