Using SPGridView to bound to list data in SharePoint

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2. There is a much better way to do this by using SPGridView in combination with SPDataSource:

   http://www.sharepointnutsandbolts.com/2008/06/spdatasource-every-sharepoint-developer.html
   http://www.sharepointnutsandbolts.com/2008/07/spdatasource-every-developer-friend.html

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3. Hi, I am trying to accomplish the same thing but my SPListCollection contains Task items and I would like to display some Task-specific fields such as Status, and Assigned To.

   However when I try to do this using code very similar to your own, I am met with the following error:

   “A field or property with the name ‘Status’ was not found on the selected data source”

   Do you have any idea how I can get the SPGridView to recognise the Task-specific fields?

   –Stephen

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4. I am pretty new to sharepoint and asp as well. I was trying to get the sharepoint list data into gridview. I did your code above to bind the gridview to sharepoint list, but it was working.

   I have followed your procedure.
   I had only couple of feilds, Requested By and Topic. I replaced them and the sharepoint site from ur code. It shows an error.

   Here the test.ascx.cs file .

   using System;
   using System.Collections;
   using System.Configuration;
   using System.Data;
   using System.Web;
   using System.Web.Security;
   using System.Web.UI;
   using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
   using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
   using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
   using System.Web.Services;
   using System.Web.Services.Protocols;
   using System.Data.SqlClient;
   using Microsoft.SharePoint;
   using Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls;

   public partial class Test : System.Web.UI.UserControl
   {

   //refer to your site collection
   SPSite mySite = new SPSite(@”http://sirishac:2086″);

   // create class level spweb and splist object
   SPWeb myWeb;
   SPList myList;
   SPGridView gridView;

   protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
   {
   myWeb = mySite.OpenWeb();
   myList = myWeb.Lists[“Requests”];
   if (!Page.IsPostBack)
   {
   BindToGrid(myList, gridView);
   }
   }

   protected void GridView1_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
   {
   }

   private void BindToGrid(SPList myList, SPGridView gridView)
   {
   //grdView.Columns.Clear();
   // get all the listitem
   SPListItemCollection results = myList.Items;

   // create the datatable object
   DataTable table;
   table = new DataTable();
   table.Columns.Add(“Requested By”, typeof(string));
   table.Columns.Add(“Topic”, typeof(string));

   // Create rows for each splistitem
   DataRow row;
   foreach (SPListItem result in results)
   {
   row = table.Rows.Add();
   row[“Requested By”] = result[“Requested By”].ToString();
   row[“Topic”] = result[“Topic”].ToString();
   }

   // create the bound fields
   SPBoundField boundField;
   boundField = new SPBoundField();
   boundField.HeaderText = “Requested By”;
   boundField.DataField = “Requested By”;
   //boundField.ItemStyle.HorizontalAlign = HorizontalAlign.Center;
   //boundField.ItemStyle.Wrap = false;
   gridView.Columns.Add(boundField);

   boundField = new SPBoundField();
   boundField.HeaderText = “Topic”;
   boundField.DataField = “Topic”;
   gridView.Columns.Add(boundField);

   gridView.AutoGenerateColumns = false;
   gridView.DataSource = table.DefaultView;
   gridView.DataBind();

   }

   }

   Here is the test.ascx file:

   If you are able to figure out the fault,please let me know..

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5. I missed the test.ascx file in previous post.

   Let me know if u can figure out the mistake.

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7. cool man.i cud understand the concept of SPGridview just thru this blog.Thanks.Nice example.

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8. Superb and clean work

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9. very helpful

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10. Nice post, tnks

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11. Hi All
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12. You don’t have to iterate through all your data. You can just use GetSiteData.

    Here you can find an example.

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13. Was trying out this code. Not sure what context you would instantiate this or to get the actual grid to show, but need to add this line at the end in fucntion BindToGrid:

    Controls.Add(gridView);

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14. Very Nice Post , Thanks for the help

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15. thanks to author,
    realy good post – short and clear

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16. its very good

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17. But how to do edit , update and delete

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18. Hi, Good Article..can you please tell me how to retrieve the attached file and display in SPGridview in c#..?

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19. nice article….keep it up!

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20. What is grdPropertyValues???

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    1. grdPropertyValues is the ID of the SPGridView i.e. “grdView”

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