Hi folks:

if you want to use the builting datasource then you are allowed a data paging (where you can go from one page to another), however you cannot do that when you building your data source using script.

is that true? that's what the system messaging comes up with. if so, how would a person use a search method to retrieve some data from the gridview and in the same time allow data paging? say i have a text box where i type a user id and then get some data about this user in data gridview (that so far works fine, please if you want to know about how this works go to ASP 2.0 biginners post called: Searching for data) but the system does not allow paging. Why

anyone can help

The gridview allows paging, not the datasource. Try:
gridview1.allowpaging = TRUE

thank you very much


i meant the paging in the gridview where the system does not allowed the paging because the builting sever-side data source.

i could only use search method to look for any record in the datagrid using the server-side data source, but in the same time i would like to use paging to browse one page to another when the search filter the data. do you think this is possible? probably with another method? please refer to my post in this forum under the title "how to search in database"

I don't understand your confusion. You can filter your datasource and have paging on the grid at the same time.

Hi all,

I am getting this error as well, as far as I know it is a bug recognised by MS.

I think what saif44 was trying to explain was that when you are binding a new datasource to a gridview and you are using pagination, it returns an error stating...

The data source does not support server-side data paging.

Anyone know of a workaround for this? Would much appreciate any help.

I have tried gridview.allowpaging = true - does not fix issue

Regards,

Tony

hi let me clear mr.jbenson's confusion.
i have a gridview. then i created a connectionstring. and then a sqlcommad and then an sqlreader. all this in code behind file.
then,
gridview1.datasource = sqldatareader1
gridview1.databind()

all seems well !!!

then i set allowpaging = true, in the design view for gridview.
then on page load it shows me " THIS DATASOURCE DOESN'T SUPPORT SERVER-SIDE DATA PAGING "

any solution ???

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you must set gridview datasource property dataset not datareader .