How to get column name from gridview?

Question

I would like to know how can I get a column name from a gridview? by its number not by name. like : Name|Age|Birthday: ( so name=0 , age=1 etc...)

thanks.

Answer 1

Its easy: Here i read the gridview header text for each header cell and add them as new columns to a data table.

DataTable dt = new DataTable();
foreach(DataControlFieldHeaderCell column in yourGridview.HeaderRow.Cells)
{
  dt.Columns.Add(column.Text.Trim().Replace(" ", ""));                           
}

//Make sure you do all this after yourGridview.DataBind(); 
//If you do not want to bind data first simply bind an empty list like so:
/* yourGridview.DataSource = new List();
   yourGridview.DataBind(); */