Question

I am trying to populate a datagridview from a datatable having data retrieved from database.

While populating the columns and rows, I want the data to be formatted available in column of datatable. I dont want the data to be changed in datatable before populating, however I want the data to be changed while binding to grid. Please help me if this can done using any grid properties.

Ex : Want to populate column with data “YES” instead “Y” available in database.

Answer 1

Try RowDataBound

protected void GridViewProducts_RowDataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e)
    {
        if (e.Row .RowType == DataControlRowType .DataRow )
        {
           e.Row.Cells[2].Text = (e.Row.Cells[2].Text=="Y" ? "YES" : "NO"); 
        }
    }