Hide Gridview when the data is not present

Question

I have a Gridview that has filters that can fire off the emptydata template. However when this is displayed I can still see the outline of my gridview. How can I make the Gridview disappear when the data is not present?

Solution 1

protected void GridView1_DataBound(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    if (this.GridView1.Rows.Count == 0)
      this.GridView1.Visible = false; 
}

Solution 2

<asp:Gridview id="gridview" ...... 
      Visible='<%# ((ICollection)gridview.DataSource).Count == 0 ? false : true %>'>

Comments

[John Smith]

sounds great...but how can i do that in code and where? Gridview databound? how can i get access to the emptydata template in code?

[jscharf]

GridView is an ASP.NET control, which means it will have a 'Visible' property, allowing you to show or hide the control itself. GridView.Visible = false; will prevent the control from being rendered at all.

[John Smith]

What i wanted was for the Gridview borders to be hidden. Databoud was the correct place to do it. Thank you