How to show GridView Data When Database is empty?????? Hi All, I am using the Gridview control to bind the database to Gridview. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <asp:GridView ID="GV1" runat="server" style="top: 635px; left: 231px; position: absolute; height: 183px; width: 325px" AutoGenerateColumns="False" BackColor="#DEBA84" BorderColor="#DEBA84" BorderStyle="None" BorderWidth="1px" CellPadding="3" CellSpacing="2" onrowediting="GV1_RowEditing" onrowupdating="GV1_RowUpdating" > <RowStyle BackColor="#FFF7E7" ForeColor="#8C4510" /> <Columns> <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Roll No"> <ItemTemplate> <asp:Label ID="lblRollNo" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("RollNo")%>' Width="100px" ></asp:Label> </ItemTemplate> </asp:TemplateField> <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Absent Days"> <ItemTemplate> <asp:Label ID="lblAbsentDays" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("AbsentDays")%>' Width="100px" ></asp:Label> </ItemTemplate> <EditItemTemplate> <asp:TextBox ID="txtAbsentDays" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("AbsentDays")%>' Width="100px" ></asp:TextBox > </EditItemTemplate> </asp:TemplateField> <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Present Days"> <ItemTemplate> <asp:Label ID="lblPresentDays" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("PresentDays") %>' Width="100px" ></asp:Label> </ItemTemplate> </asp:TemplateField> <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Average Presenty"> <ItemTemplate> <asp:Label ID="lblAveragePresenty" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("AveragePresenty")%>' Width="100px" ></asp:Label> </ItemTemplate> </asp:TemplateField> <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Set"> <ItemTemplate> <a href='Default3.aspx?rno=<%# Eval("RollNo")%>&AbsentDays=<%# Eval("AbsentDays") %>'>Set </ItemTemplate> </asp:TemplateField> <asp:CommandField ShowEditButton="true" /> </Columns> <FooterStyle BackColor="#F7DFB5" ForeColor="#8C4510" /> <PagerStyle ForeColor="#8C4510" HorizontalAlign="Center" /> <SelectedRowStyle BackColor="#738A9C" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="White" /> <HeaderStyle BackColor="#A55129" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="White" /> </asp:GridView> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Now when i connect the database & bind it to Gridview control (data in database initially empty) that time shows nothing. How to show empty gridview with only column name. I am writting the code at page load. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- if (!Page.IsPostBack) { MySqlConnection cnx = new MySqlConnection(cnnString); MySqlDataAdapter adapter = new MySqlDataAdapter(); try { cnx.Open(); // Create a SQL command object string cmdText = "SELECT * FROM presenty"; MySqlCommand cmd1 = new MySqlCommand(cmdText, cnx); // Create a fill a Dataset DataSet ds = new DataSet(); adapter.SelectCommand = cmd1; adapter.Fill(ds); // Bind the DataSet GV1.DataSource = ds; GV1.DataBind(); } catch (Exception ex) { Response.Write(ex.Message); } finally { cnx.Close(); } } --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Plz, guide me how we can show empty gridview with only column name. Regards, Girish