How can I export a GridView.DataSource to a datatable or dataset?

Question

How can I export GridView.DataSource to datatable or dataset?

Answer 1

Ambu,

I was having the same issue as you, and this is the code I used to figure it out. Although, I don't use the footer row section for my purposes, I did include it in this code.

    DataTable dt = new DataTable();

    // add the columns to the datatable            
    if (GridView1.HeaderRow != null)
    {

        for (int i = 0; i < GridView1.HeaderRow.Cells.Count; i++)
        {
            dt.Columns.Add(GridView1.HeaderRow.Cells[i].Text);
        }
    }

    //  add each of the data rows to the table
    foreach (GridViewRow row in GridView1.Rows)
    {
        DataRow dr;
        dr = dt.NewRow();

        for (int i = 0; i < row.Cells.Count; i++)
        {
            dr[i] = row.Cells[i].Text.Replace(" ","");
        }
        dt.Rows.Add(dr);
    }

    //  add the footer row to the table
    if (GridView1.FooterRow != null)
    {
        DataRow dr;
        dr = dt.NewRow();

        for (int i = 0; i < GridView1.FooterRow.Cells.Count; i++)
        {
            dr[i] = GridView1.FooterRow.Cells[i].Text.Replace(" ","");
        }
        dt.Rows.Add(dr);
    }