I have a problem formatting my datagrid which I am using to display
around 35 columns in one single aspx page and wanted to know how can I
tilt or rotate my headertext of datagrid in veritical direction instead
of usually horizontal directions. Is there any other way to squeeze my

I have a gridview with an edititem template that contains a textbox.
When I change to edit mode, I would like the focus to be set to the textbox
of the row I selected to edit.  The problem I have is that even though the
page is displayed correctly, I need to scroll down to find ...

I need to capture the HTML output from a Gridview control....so I am
executing the following code...
           StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
           StringWriter sw = new StringWriter(sb);

Hi Group,
In my application I am using a datagrid, now I m implementing sorting
for that datagrid,
I am changing the flag for ascending and descending when SortCommand

Consider the following code which retrieves data from a SQL Server 2005
DB table & displays it in a DataGrid:
<script runat="server">
   Sub Page_Load(ByVal obj As Object, ByVal ea As EventArgs)

Hi, I am trying to display a memo field in a grid in. I have tried with the
GridView and DetailsView, but it's treated as text field. Is it possible to
display and edit a memo field in a grid or DetailsView?
I am using VS .net 2005. Many thanks

I'm using the asp:gridview control for displaying the data from SQL Server.
Now, I've found that if the column is invisible
"<asp:BoundField DataField="some_id" HeaderText="some_id"
SortExpression="some_id" Visible="false"/>", I cannot get the value from

I have a GridView in a user control that has its datasource assigned
dynamically.  It's working well, however, date values are displaying
mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss and I only want a short date format.  I don't know
which column will hold a date prior to runtime.  Is there any way to

  I want to set the column in the datagrid in the ItemDataBound event
e.Item.Cells[0].Width = new Unit("100px"); is not working.
Please suggest alternate solution