ASP.Net 2.0 provides the sorting feature also in GridView Control. You can sort the records displayed using Gridview control in ascending or descending order retrieved from sql database. You can use C# code to bind the SQL data with GridView control and follow the following simple steps to make your ASP.Net GridView control with sorting enabled.

First of all drag the GridView control from Data controls menu.

<asp:GridView id="GridView1" runat="server"></asp:GridView>

It will add the GridView control HTML source code as given above. Now click on GridView control to load the control properties at right side panel.

To allow the sorting in GridView control select True from the dropdown list of AllowSorting property of Gridview as shown in above image.

This will add AllowSorting="True" in HTML source code of GridView Control.

Next step is to bind the Sorting event for GridView Control.

To bind the Sorting event of GridView control, double click on the Sorting event in the properties viewer of GridView. This will add the Sorting event in the HTML source code and C# code for Gridview.

HTML Source code for GridView Sorting:

<asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server" AllowSorting="True" OnSorting="GridView1_Sorting" AutoGenerateColumns="False">
        <Columns>
        <asp:BoundField DataField="productid" SortExpression="productid" HeaderText="Product ID" />
        <asp:BoundField DataField="productname" SortExpression="productname" HeaderText="Product" />
        <asp:BoundField DataField="unitprice" SortExpression="unitprice" HeaderText="Price"/>
        </Columns>
</asp:GridView>

Download the free complete source code in ASP.Net 2.0 C# code for GridView Sorting:

gridview sorting.zip (2.84 kb)

gridview sorting.rar (2.73 kb)

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