17.5. Sorting and Paging the GridView
The GridView is a great all-in-one solution for displaying all kinds of data, but it becomes a little unwieldy as the number of fields and rows in your data source grows. Dense grids contribute to large pages that are slow to transmit over the network and difficult for the user to navigate. The GridView has two features that address these issues and make data more manageable: sorting and paging.
Both sorting and paging can be performed by the database server, provided you craft the right SQL using the Order By and Where clauses. In fact, sometimes this is the best approach for performance. However, the sorting and paging provided by the GridView and SqlDataSource is easy to implement and thoroughly flexible. ...
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