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A grid with an empty data source
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<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>Empty Grid</title>
</head>
<body>
<div id="pageContent">
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<asp:SqlDataSource ID="SqlDataSource1" runat="server" EnableCaching="true"
ConnectionString='<%$ ConnectionStrings:NorthwindConnectionString %>'
SelectCommand="SELECT customerid, companyname FROM customers WHERE customerid='none'">
</asp:SqlDataSource>
<asp:gridview ID="Gridview1" runat="server" datasourceid="SqlDataSource1">
<emptydatatemplate>
<asp:label ID="Label1" runat="server">
There's no data to show in this view.
</asp:label>
</emptydatatemplate>
</asp:gridview>
</form>
</div>
</body>
</html>
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