Display an Image when the GridView has no data

I recently answered a question on the forum where a user wanted to display an image when the GridView returns empty data. Now you must be already be familiar with the GridView’s EmptyDataText property which displays a message to the user when there are no results returned from the GridView control’s data source.

Now instead of a text message, if you need to display an image or any HTML/ASP.NET control, you can use the EmptyDataTemplate. In this snippet below, we are using the image control in the <EmptyDataTemplate> to display an image.

<asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="False"
    DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1"
    ShowFooter="true" AllowPaging="True" AllowSorting="True"
 >

<EmptyDataTemplate>
  <asp:Image id="imgOne"
    ImageUrl="~/images/Emptydata.jpg"
    AlternateText="No results"
    runat="server"/>
</EmptyDataTemplate>

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Suprotim Agarwal, ASP.NET Architecture MVP works as an Architect Consultant and provides consultancy on how to design and develop Web applications.

Suprotim is also the founder and primary contributor to DevCurry, DotNetCurry and SQLServerCurry. He has also written an EBook 51 Recipes using jQuery with ASP.NET Controls.

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