GridViewRowCollection.Count Property
Definition
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Gets the number of items in the GridViewRowCollection object.
public:
property int Count { int get(); };
public int Count { get; }
member this.Count : int
Public ReadOnly Property Count As Integer
Property Value
The number of items in the GridViewRowCollection object.
Implements
Examples
The following example demonstrates how to use the Count property to determine whether the GridView control contains any records. A value greater than zero indicates that the GridView control contains at least one record.
<%@ Page language="C#" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">
void AuthorsGridView_RowCreated(Object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.Footer)
{
// Get the number of items in the Rows collection.
int count = AuthorsGridView.Rows.Count;
// If the GridView control contains any records, display
// the last name of each author in the GridView control.
if (count > 0)
{
Message.Text = "The authors are:<br />";
foreach (GridViewRow row in AuthorsGridView.Rows)
{
Message.Text += row.Cells[0].Text + "<br />";
}
}
}
}
</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>GridViewRowCollection Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<h3>GridViewRowCollection Example</h3>
<table>
<tr>
<td>
<asp:gridview id="AuthorsGridView"
datasourceid="AuthorsSqlDataSource"
autogeneratecolumns="false"
onrowcreated="AuthorsGridView_RowCreated"
runat="server">
<columns>
<asp:boundfield datafield="au_lname"
headertext="Last Name"/>
<asp:boundfield datafield="au_fname"
headertext="First Name"/>
</columns>
</asp:gridview>
</td>
<td>
<asp:label id="Message"
forecolor="Red"
runat="server"/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- This example uses Microsoft SQL Server and connects -->
<!-- to the Pubs sample database. -->
<asp:sqldatasource id="AuthorsSqlDataSource"
selectcommand="SELECT [au_lname], [au_fname] FROM [authors] WHERE [state]='CA'"
connectionstring="server=localhost;database=pubs;integrated security=SSPI"
runat="server">
</asp:sqldatasource>
</form>
</body>
</html>
<%@ Page language="VB" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">
Sub AuthorsGridView_RowCreated(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As GridViewRowEventArgs)
If e.Row.RowType = DataControlRowType.Footer Then
' Get the number of items in the Rows collection.
Dim count As Integer = AuthorsGridView.Rows.Count
' If the GridView control contains any records, display
' the last name of each author in the GridView control.
If count > 0 Then
Message.Text = "The authors are:<br />"
Dim row As GridViewRow
For Each row In AuthorsGridView.Rows
Message.Text &= row.Cells(0).Text & "<br />"
Next
End If
End If
End Sub
</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>GridViewRowCollection Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<h3>GridViewRowCollection Example</h3>
<table>
<tr>
<td>
<asp:gridview id="AuthorsGridView"
datasourceid="AuthorsSqlDataSource"
autogeneratecolumns="false"
onrowcreated="AuthorsGridView_RowCreated"
runat="server">
<columns>
<asp:boundfield datafield="au_lname"
headertext="Last Name"/>
<asp:boundfield datafield="au_fname"
headertext="First Name"/>
</columns>
</asp:gridview>
</td>
<td>
<asp:label id="Message"
forecolor="Red"
runat="server"/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- This example uses Microsoft SQL Server and connects -->
<!-- to the Pubs sample database. -->
<asp:sqldatasource id="AuthorsSqlDataSource"
selectcommand="SELECT [au_lname], [au_fname] FROM [authors] WHERE [state]='CA'"
connectionstring="server=localhost;database=pubs;integrated security=SSPI"
runat="server">
</asp:sqldatasource>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Remarks
Use the Count property to determine the number of items in the collection. The Count property is commonly used when iterating through the collection to determine the upper bound of the collection. The Count property is also commonly used to determine whether a collection is empty.
Applies to
See also
.NET