How to hide columns in an ASP.NET GridView with auto-generated columns?

Question

GridView1.Columns.Count is always zero even SqlDataSource1.DataBind();

But Grid is ok

I can do

for (int i = 0; i < GridView1.HeaderRow.Cel         


        

Answer 1

Note: This solution only works if your GridView columns are known ahead of time.

It sounds like you're using a GridView with AutoGenerateColumns=true, which is the default. I recommend setting AutoGenerateColumns=false and adding the columns manually:

And only include a BoundField for each field that you want to be displayed. This will give you the most flexibility in terms of how the data gets displayed.