I have a datagrid control on my page that contains a lot of data in it. when i load the page, everything is visible except the datagrid that waits for some time to render the information as per my specified criteria and then shows up all at once. In the prerender of the datagrid control, i have specified a criteria to merge some rows together based upon a value in one column. i fear that this thing keeps the datagrid from being rendered/ displayed as it fetches the data. Please tell me if there is some way that i can display the information that has been through the merging criteria while i still apply the criteria onto the remaining rows.

I feel this problem only in IE, there is no need to implement any redering strategy on firefox. One thing that needs to be noted here is that the page takes about 8-15 seconds to load the complete contents including the datagrid and remaining stuff. however, if i stop the loading after 4 seconds of pageload by pressing the STOP button on the browser, i still can see about half of the information with the merge criteria applied on it (the exact thing i want). My question is, why does it hold all the information for a long time and not show it on the way it applies the criteria or till the time all information is passed through the criteria. please suggest some way around.

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Alienworkshop