Is there a grid control, or is it possible for Asp.Net to freeze the first
column, and the headers where the headers would always display regardless of
vertical scrolling?  And the first column would always be in the most left
side of the grid regardless of the horizontal ...

I have a datagrid  that I created and fill a dataset using a stored proc.
and bind it. The first column( a linkbutton button column) in the DG
contains a number, the second a name. When the user presses the button I
need the number displayed on the link. The number is a field from ...

I need to change the contents of the datafield to make it look a bit
more userfriendly.
What I have at the moment is as follows:
<asp:BoundColumn DataField="retired" HeaderText="Retire

This is probably a simple one, but I cannot seem to find an example.
I have a datagrid with each row containing
Checkbox |  Textbox | Validation
When the checkbox column is checked for a given row, TextBox is

I created a simple datagrid that was populated from a SQL stored procedure.
SP
Select LNAME + FNAME as NAMETEXT, DATEHIRE as DATETEXT from employees
did this in ASP.NET>>

I have a datagrid on a page .. which can be very large .. a couple of
hundred rows and 20 columns.  Some of the columns are custom templates
allowing the user to enter in text or select a checkbox .. since there are
several postbacks while interacting with the page .. reducing the ...

I cannot grab the text of a datagrid row's cell.  I am trying to access
the value in the datagrid's ItemCreated event.  I use a conditional
statement in the ItemCreated event to ensure that I'm "looking at" an
Item or AlternatingItem.  I have checked out numerous posts related to

I'm looking for a way to add a row to DataGrid without binding the data
source to it.
In the DataGrid code, when DataBind() is called, ViewState is discarded and
new set of controls is created with the values from the datasource.

How do get my pageIndexChanged event to fire?
--Code behind fragment
Public Sub PromoGrid_PageIndexChanged(ByVal source As Object, ByVal e As
System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataGridPageChangedEventArgs) Handles

I'm still wet behind the ears about asp.net. One thing I need to
understand at the moment is the difference between the various ways of
displaying data in datagrid.
One way is,

The DataGrid (or reader) sure makes life easier for the vast majority
of sql query display jobs but I've come across something that is almost
making me wish for the old classic asp days.  I'm not ready to start
coding in the aspx page like a class asp'er yet so i'm hoping someone

Hi TO All
I am doing one task, in that i want to insert datatable data int
database  at a time.i.e., i am creating one datatable and i a
inserting data first into datatable, then i am updating or insertin

I am a .NET newbie and have a simple question.
I have a simple web form wherein the user can enter qty (which is a
textbox field) for items he wants to purchase. All the columns in the
datagrid on that form are bound except for the qty column which is of

I want to set invisible data into a cell control such as label. The goal is
to retrieve this information in a postback. How can I do this ? What about a
"viewstate" per row in a datagrid ??
TIA.

I have a page displaying a datagrid and the user wants to have two options:
1. Export the current "Displayed" datagrid to Excel
2. Export another Datagrid very similar to the first, but with many
additional columns