User Interface Paging

Imagine that you want to use a GridView control to display the results of a database query in multiple pages. The easiest way to do this is to take advantage of user interface paging.

For example, the page in Listing 18.18 uses a GridView and ObjectDataSource control to display the records from the Movies database table in multiple pages (see Figure 18.4).

Figure 18.4. Displaying multiple pages with user interface paging.

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Listing 18.18. ShowUIPaging.aspx

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The GridView control in Listing 18.18 includes an AllowPaging property ...

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