Paging and Sorting in GridView without using Datasource control

 

<asp:GridView ID="gridView" OnPageIndexChanging="gridView_PageIndexChanging" 
OnSorting="gridView_Sorting" runat="server" />
private string ConvertSortDirectionToSql(SortDirection sortDireciton)
{
   string newSortDirection = String.Empty;
   switch (sortDirection)
   {
      case SortDirection.Ascending:
         newSortDirection = "ASC";
         break;
      case SortDirection.Descending:
         newSortDirection = "DESC";
         break;
   }
   return newSortDirection
}
protected void gridView_PageIndexChanging(object sender, GridViewPageEventArgs e)
{
   gridView.PageIndex = e.NewPageIndex;
   gridView.DataBind();
}
protected void gridView_Sorting(object sender, GridViewSortEventArgs e)
{
   DataTable dataTable = gridView.DataSource as DataTable;
   if (dataTable != null)
   {
      DataView dataView = new DataView(dataTable);
      dataView.Sort = e.SortExpression + " " + ConvertSortDirectionToSql(e.SortDirection);
      gridView.DataSource = dataView;
      gridView.DataBind();
   }
}

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