Question

My DataGridView displays a “0” column with a delta in the first row and a * in the second. I don’t want these. They take up too much space. Is there a way to get them to go away?

I don’t think the code is pertinent in this case, but to humor y’all, here it is:

private void PopulateLanguageAndPrimary() {
    string query;
    OracleDataAdapter da;
    OracleDataTable dt;
    OracleCommand oc;

    try {
        oracleConnectionMainForm.Open();
        query = "select position, coach from players where team = :team";
        da = new OracleDataAdapter();
        oc = new OracleCommand(query, oracleConnectionMainForm);
        oc.Parameters.Add("team", greenBayPackers);
        da.SelectCommand = oc;
        dt = new OracleDataTable();
        da.Fill(dt);
        dataGridViewLanguageAndPrimary.DataSource = dt;
    } catch (OracleException ex) {
        MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
    } finally {
        oracleConnectionMainForm.Close();
    }
}

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Answer 1

Try setting dataGridViewLanguageAndPrimary.AllowUserToAddRow to false. This will remove the *. Then set RowHeadersVisible to false, hiding the superfluous column.