currently gridview all pops up on the same line

 name     address     phone number    country

any way to space it out on say two or three lines with gap?

 say

name               address

phonenumber

country

A DataList or a ListView will give you more control (with more work, of course) over the presentation layout.

It is uneccesary complicated to force a GridView into this behavior (if possible). You're better off using a DataList or a Repeater, where you have more control over formatting - at the cost of sorting and paging which will require some more work than with the GridView. See previous post http://forums.asp.net/t/1192031.aspx