In this article, we are going to learn inserting a Empty Row into gridview control when GridView doesn't have record.

In designer file:

In Designer File, create a GridView control. Add three Label control in ItemTemplate for Id, EmpName, EmpAddress columns.

div align="center">
    GridView ID="grdEmployee" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="False"
        AllowPaging="true" ShowFooter="true" PageSize="5" BorderColor="SkyBlue">
HeaderStyle BackColor="#00A6DC" ForeColor="White" />

            TemplateField HeaderText="Employee Id">

                    Label ID="lblId" runat="server" Text=''>
Label>

TemplateField>
            TemplateField HeaderText="Employee Name">

                    Label ID="lblEmpName" runat="server" Text=''>
Label>

TemplateField>
            TemplateField HeaderText="Employee Address">

                    Label ID="lblEmpAddress" runat="server" Text=''>
Label>

TemplateField>

GridView>
div>

Namespaces used

Include the below Namespace.

using System.Data;

Complete Code:

        protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {

if (!IsPostBack)
            {
                BindGrid();
            }

        }

private void BindGrid()
        {
DataSet ds = GetData();
if (ds.Tables[0].Rows.Count > 0)
            {
                grdEmployee.DataSource = ds;
                grdEmployee.DataBind();
            }
else
            {  //adding Empty row
                ds.Tables[0].Rows.Add(ds.Tables[0].NewRow());
                grdEmployee.DataSource = ds;
                grdEmployee.DataBind();
                grdEmployee.Rows[0].Visible = false;
            }
        }
//method returning zero record
private DataSet GetData()
        {
DataSet ds = new DataSet();
DataTable dt = new DataTable();
            dt.Columns.Add("Id", typeof(Int32));
            dt.Columns.Add("EmpName", typeof(string));
            dt.Columns.Add("EmpAddress", typeof(string));
            ds.Tables.Add(dt);
return ds;

        }

Explanation:

When page loads, BindGrid() method will get called which will Add Empty Row to Gridview. GetData method will return zero record. Below is code to add blank row to DataSet.

                {
                ds.Tables[0].Rows.Add(ds.Tables[0].NewRow());
                grdEmployee.DataSource = ds;
                grdEmployee.DataBind();
                grdEmployee.Rows[0].Visible = false;
                } 

Output:

Output will be shown as below.