how to bind typed data set to gridview and only view info you need?

im studying asp.net and is now using 3tier architecture
i have this code that gets the list of employees and binds it to gridview

EmployeesBLL employeesLogic = new EmployeesBLL();
employeesGridView.DataSource = employeesLogic.GetEmployees();
employeesGridView.DataBind();

i dont want to edit my gridview object to specify the columns to be displayed
so i leave it as it is <asp:GridView ID="employeesGridView" runat="server">
</asp:GridView>

is it possible that upon binding the gridview only displays the names of employees not other info on my dataset?

Re: how to bind typed data set to gridview and only view info you need?

or maybe i should not use gridview

maybe a foreach loop with a Literal inside would be much better;

Re: how to bind typed data set to gridview and only view info you need?

You may set AutoGenerateColumns propety of the GridView to False and add one BoundField with its datafiled as your" Namefield"

<asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="False">
       <Columns>
            <asp:BoundField DataField="NameField" HeaderText="Name" SortExpression="NameField" />
        </Columns>
    </asp:GridView>

Re: how to bind typed data set to gridview and only view info you need?

yeah.. i know that.. but as ive said. i want to leave it as it is.. and instead code it on the .cs file
is there a way to do it?

Re: how to bind typed data set to gridview and only view info you need?

If so In RowDataBound event you can set the Visible property of unwanted cells to false. see the sample.

protected void GridView1_RowDataBound(object sender, System.Web.UI.WebControls.GridViewRowEventArgs e)
{
	e.Row.Cells[1].Visible = false;
}

Re: how to bind typed data set to gridview and only view info you need?

sweet.. thank you very much

Re: how to bind typed data set to gridview and only view info you need?

You are welcome..

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Re: how to bind typed data set to gridview and only view info you need?

sorry thought i already marked it

thanks again