Populate asp.net gridview when data is empty

Asp.net that doesn't provide to display grid-view in empty. :)

Let’s explain it in example

//dt=DataTable which is empty .

Gridview1.DataSource=dt;

GridView1.DataBind();

Above mentioned code, that will not displayed gridview, because of it is empty.to overcome to this issue we can use  EmptyDataText="Data Not Found" propery in gridview.

it's better than displaying invisible gridview to user.

another option (much user friendly)

Binding user define datatable with one datarow.

 DataTable dt = new DataTable();

dt.Columns.Add("Name");

 dt.Columns.Add("ID");                                                   

 DataRow dr;

dr = dt.NewRow();

dr["Name"] = "xx";

dr["ID"] = "xx";

dt.Rows.Add(dr);

GridView1.DataSource = dt;

GridView1.DataBind();

more efficient way

ShowHeaderWhenEmpty="true" property in gridview set to true.

and set the emptydataTemplate

            <EmptyDataTemplate>

                Data Not Found

            </EmptyDataTemplate>
advantage : no need work with the datatable to display empty row.

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