Displays the values of a data source in a table where each column represents a field and each row represents a record. The GridView control enables you to select, sort, and edit these items.{alertInfo}
In this post, I will show you how to integrate GridView inside GridView in the ASP.NET webform. The code is straightforward and easy to understand.
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="DataRelation.aspx.cs"
Inherits="DataRelation" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Data" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
<title>Untitled Page</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server"
AutoGenerateColumns="False">
<Columns>
<asp:BoundField DataField="CompanyName"
HeaderText="CompanyName" />
<asp:TemplateField>
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:GridView ID="GridView2"
DataSource='<%#((DataRowView)Container.DataItem).CreateChildView("ParentChild") %>'
runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="False">
<Columns>
<asp:BoundField DataField="Dept"
HeaderText="Department" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="name"
HeaderText="Name" />
</Columns>
</asp:GridView>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
</Columns>
</asp:GridView>
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Collections;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
public partial class DataRelation : System.Web.UI.Page
{
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (!IsPostBack)
{
GridView1.DataSource = CreateDS().Tables["Company"];
GridView1.DataBind();
}
}
private DataSet CreateDS()
{
DataSet ds;
if (Session["DataList_ParentChild"] == null)
{
ds = new DataSet();
DataTable dt = new DataTable("Company");
DataRow dr;
dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("ID", typeof(Int32)));
dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("CompanyName", typeof(string)));
dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("Address", typeof(string)));
dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("Name", typeof(string)));
dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("Dept", typeof(string)));
for (int i = 1; i < 10; i++)
{
dr = dt.NewRow();
dr[0] = i;
dr[1] = "Company " + i;
dr[2] = "Address " + i;
dr[3] = "Manager name";
dr[4] = "Adminstration";
dt.Rows.Add(dr);
}
ds.Tables.Add(dt);
DataColumn[] Parent_PKColumns = new DataColumn[1];
Parent_PKColumns[0] = dt.Columns["ID"];
dt.PrimaryKey = Parent_PKColumns;
dt = new DataTable("Employees");
dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("ID", typeof(Int32)));
dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("CompanyID", typeof(Int32)));
dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("Name", typeof(string)));
dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("Dept", typeof(string)));
for (int i = 1; i < 10; i++)
{
int imax = 0;
if (i % 2 == 0) imax = 5;
else imax = 4;
for (int y = 2; y < imax; y++) //3 emplyees for each company
{
dr = dt.NewRow();
dr[0] = y + i * 5;
dr[1] = i;
dr[2] = "Employee # " + dr[0];
dr[3] = "Dept # " + (y + i);
dt.Rows.Add(dr);
}
}
DataColumn[] Child_PKColumns = new DataColumn[1];
Child_PKColumns[0] = dt.Columns["ID"];
dt.PrimaryKey = Child_PKColumns;
ds.Tables.Add(dt);
DataColumn[] Child_FKColumns = new DataColumn[1];
Child_FKColumns[0] = dt.Columns["CompanyID"];
ds.Relations.Add("ParentChild", Parent_PKColumns, Child_FKColumns);
Session["DataList_ParentChild"] = ds;
}
else
{
ds = (DataSet)Session["DataList_ParentChild"];
}
return ds;
}
}
Tags:
ASP.NET