This way you can bind gridview with paging.
C# code
Namespaces
using System.Data;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
C#
GridView gvCustomers = new GridView();
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
this.PopulateCustomers();
}
private void PopulateCustomers()
{
gvCustomers.ID = "gvCustomers";
gvCustomers.AllowPaging = true;
gvCustomers.PageSize = 2;
gvCustomers.PageIndexChanging += new GridViewPageEventHandler(GridView_PageIndexChanging);
this.form1.Controls.Add(gvCustomers);
string constr = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["ConString"].ConnectionString;
using (SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(constr))
{
using (SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("SELECT * FROM Customers", con))
{
using (SqlDataAdapter da = new SqlDataAdapter(cmd))
{
DataSet ds = new DataSet();
da.Fill(ds);
gvCustomers.DataSource = ds;
gvCustomers.DataBind();
}
}
}
}
protected void GridView_PageIndexChanging(object sender, GridViewPageEventArgs e)
{
gvCustomers.PageIndex = e.NewPageIndex;
PopulateCustomers();
}
VB.Net Code
Namespaces
Imports System.Data.SqlClient
Imports System.Data
VB.Net
Protected Sub Page_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
Me.PopulateCustomers()
End Sub
Private Sub PopulateCustomers()
gvCustomers.ID = "gvCustomers"
gvCustomers.AllowPaging = True
gvCustomers.PageSize = 2
'gvCustomers.PageIndexChanging += New GridViewPageEventHandler(AddressOf GridView_PageIndexChanging)
AddHandler gvCustomers.PageIndexChanging, AddressOf GridView_PageIndexChanging
Me.form1.Controls.Add(gvCustomers)
Dim constr As String = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("ConString").ConnectionString
Using con As New SqlConnection(constr)
Using cmd As New SqlCommand("SELECT * FROM Customers", con)
Using da As New SqlDataAdapter(cmd)
Dim ds As New DataSet()
da.Fill(ds)
gvCustomers.DataSource = ds
gvCustomers.DataBind()
End Using
End Using
End Using
End Sub
Protected Sub GridView_PageIndexChanging(sender As Object, e As GridViewPageEventArgs)
gvCustomers.PageIndex = e.NewPageIndex
PopulateCustomers()
End Sub
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Database
I have made use of the following table Customers with the schema as follows.
I have already inserted few records in the table.
You can download database SQL from here.