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GridViewRowCollection.Count Property

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Definition

Namespace:
System.Web.UI.WebControls
Assembly:
System.Web.dll

Gets the number of items in the GridViewRowCollection object.

C# 
public int Count { get; }

Property Value

Int32

The number of items in the GridViewRowCollection object.

Implements

Count

Examples

The following example demonstrates how to use the Count property to determine whether the GridView control contains any records. A value greater than zero indicates that the GridView control contains at least one record.

ASP.NET (C#) 

<%@ Page language="C#" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">

  void AuthorsGridView_RowCreated(Object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e)
  {
    if (e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.Footer)
    {      
      
      // Get the number of items in the Rows collection.
      int count = AuthorsGridView.Rows.Count;

      // If the GridView control contains any records, display 
      // the last name of each author in the GridView control.
      if (count > 0)
      {      
        Message.Text = "The authors are:<br />";
        
        foreach (GridViewRow row in AuthorsGridView.Rows)
        {
          Message.Text += row.Cells[0].Text + "<br />";
        }
      }
      
    }
  }

</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
  <head runat="server">
    <title>GridViewRowCollection Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
        
      <h3>GridViewRowCollection Example</h3>

      <table>
        <tr>
          <td>
            <asp:gridview id="AuthorsGridView" 
              datasourceid="AuthorsSqlDataSource" 
              autogeneratecolumns="false"
              onrowcreated="AuthorsGridView_RowCreated"  
              runat="server"> 
                     
              <columns>
                <asp:boundfield datafield="au_lname"
                  headertext="Last Name"/>
                <asp:boundfield datafield="au_fname"
                  headertext="First Name"/>
              </columns>
                                    
            </asp:gridview>
          </td>
          <td>
            <asp:label id="Message" 
              forecolor="Red"
              runat="server"/>
          </td>
        </tr>
      </table>
            
      <!-- This example uses Microsoft SQL Server and connects -->
      <!-- to the Pubs sample database.                        -->
      <asp:sqldatasource id="AuthorsSqlDataSource"  
        selectcommand="SELECT [au_lname], [au_fname] FROM [authors] WHERE [state]='CA'"
        connectionstring="server=localhost;database=pubs;integrated security=SSPI"
        runat="server">
      </asp:sqldatasource>
          
    </form>
  </body>
</html>

Remarks

Use the Count property to determine the number of items in the collection. The Count property is commonly used when iterating through the collection to determine the upper bound of the collection. The Count property is also commonly used to determine whether a collection is empty.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1

See also