Clear GridView Dataset

RecipeDan
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Hello:

I have a textbox that searches a gridview. When I clear the results from a search and do another search, the results from the previous search shows. LastNameSearch is the textbox that searches the GridView.

    protected void GridSearch_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        BindGridView1();
    }
    protected void GridSearchClear_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        GridView1.DataSource = null;
        LastNameSearch.Text = "";
    }

<asp:Button ID="GridSearch" Text="Search" runat="server" onclick="GridSearch_Click" />
<asp:Button ID="GridSearchClear" Text="Clear" runat="server" onclick="SearchClear_Click" />

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Chinmay PatelChief Technology Ninja
Distinguished Expert 2018

Commented:
Hi RecipeDan,

I'd suggest to look into BindGridView1(); method. You might have cached the search result somewhere and on PageLoad you might be binding it to the GridView again.

Regards,
Chinmay.
Rajar AhmedConsultant

Commented:
call databind after setting null,
    GridView1.DataSource = null;
        GridView1.DataBind();

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RecipeDan

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Commented:
@Meetan03...i tried that and it still doesn't work

@Chinmay...is onclick page_load or a postback? I have both on the page.

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Chinmay PatelChief Technology Ninja
Distinguished Expert 2018

Commented:
It is on page load, postback is just a check you perform to identify if the page is loading again in response of a user action or not. So I'd suggest you check on Page Load first.

Copy paste content of the Page_Load here so I can have a good look at it.
Pratima Pharande

Commented:
try this

GridView1.DataSource=null;
GridView1.DataBind();
Pratima Pharande

Commented:
I mean in this function
before bind new data

 protected void GridSearch_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
GridView1.DataSource=null;
GridView1.DataBind();
        BindGridView1();
    }
Rajar AhmedConsultant

Commented:
if your loading gridview on pageload then do check with line .
If (!Ispostback){bindgrid();}
RecipeDan

Author

Commented:
Hello:

I tried the suggestions and still get the same result:

Here is the whole script in succession:

<asp:ImageButton ID="ImgPanel"  ImageUrl="~/Images/quesmarkicon.png" runat="server" onclick="ImgPanel_Click" />
    
protected void ImgPanel_Click(object sender, ImageClickEventArgs e)
    {
        GridPanel.Visible = true;
        ClosePanel.Visible = true;
        LastNameSearchLabel.Visible = true;
        LastNameSearch.Visible = true;
        GridSearch.Visible = true;
        GridSearchClear.Visible = true;
    }
<asp:Panel ID="GridPanel"  runat="server">
          <asp:ImageButton ID="ClosePanel" Visible="false" onclick="ClosePanel_Click" ImageAlign="Right" ImageUrl="~/Images/Close.gif" runat="server" />
          <br />
          <table>
          <tr>
          <td>
          <asp:Label ID="LastNameSearchLabel" Visible="false" runat="server" Text="Enter Last Name: " />
          </td>
          <td>
          <asp:TextBox ID="LastNameSearch" Visible="false" runat="server" />
          </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
          <td align="center" colspan="2">
          <asp:Button ID="GridSearch" Visible="false" Text="Search" runat="server" onclick="GridSearch_Click" />
          &nbsp;
          <asp:Button ID="GridSearchClear" Visible="false" Text="Clear" runat="server" onclick="GridSearchClear_Click" />
          </td>
          </tr>
          </table>
          <br />
          <asp:GridView ID="GridView1" GridLines="None" runat="server" OnSorting="GridView1_Sorting" 
          OnPageIndexChanging="GridView1_PageIndexChanging" AllowPaging="true" 
          PageSize="10" AutoGenerateColumns="false" AllowSorting="True"> 
          <Columns>
          <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Select">
          <ItemTemplate>
          <asp:CheckBox id="CStatus" AutoPostBack="true" OnCheckedChanged="CStatus_OnCheckedChanged" runat="server" />
          </ItemTemplate>
          </asp:TemplateField>
          <asp:BoundField DataField="PName" SortExpression="PName" HeaderText="Name" />
          <asp:BoundField DataField="UserEMailAddress" SortExpression="UserEMailAddress" HeaderText="E-Mail" />
          </Columns>
          </asp:GridView> 
 </asp:Panel>            
protected void GridSearch_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
	GridView1.DataSource=null;
	GridView1.DataBind(); 
	BindGridView1();
    }
    protected void GridSearchClear_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        GridView1.DataSource = null;
        LastNameSearch.Text = "";
    }

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Rajar AhmedConsultant

Commented: 
 protected void GridSearchClear_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        GridView1.DataSource = null;
        GridView1.DataBind();//Still Missing on your code 
        LastNameSearch.Text = "";
    }

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RecipeDan

Author

Commented:
Still the same result...
Rajar AhmedConsultant

Commented:
try this sample  and check what your missing on your code .
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="_Default" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
    <title></title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
    <asp:ImageButton ID="ImgPanel"  ImageUrl="~/Images/quesmarkicon.png" runat="server" AlternateText="Search" onclick="ImgPanel_Click" />
    
<asp:Panel ID="GridPanel"  runat="server">
<%--          <asp:ImageButton ID="ClosePanel" Visible="false" onclick="ClosePanel_Click" ImageAlign="Right" ImageUrl="~/Images/Close.gif" runat="server" />
--%>
          <br />
          <table>
          <tr>
          <td>
          <asp:Label ID="LastNameSearchLabel" Visible="false" runat="server" Text="Enter Last Name: " />
          </td>
          <td>
          <asp:TextBox ID="LastNameSearch" Visible="false" runat="server" />
          </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
          <td align="center" colspan="2">
          <asp:Button ID="GridSearch" Visible="false" Text="Search" runat="server" onclick="GridSearch_Click" />
          &nbsp;
          <asp:Button ID="GridSearchClear" Visible="false" Text="Clear" runat="server" onclick="GridSearchClear_Click" />
          </td>
          </tr>
          </table>
          <br />
          <asp:GridView ID="GridView1" GridLines="None" runat="server" 
          PageSize="10" AutoGenerateColumns="true" > 
          
          </asp:GridView> 
 </asp:Panel>            

    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Data;

public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page
{
    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {

    }
    protected void GridSearch_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        GridView1.DataSource = null;
        GridView1.DataBind();
        BindGridView1();
    }
    protected void GridSearchClear_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        GridView1.DataSource = null;
        GridView1.DataBind();
        LastNameSearch.Text = "";
    }
    protected void ImgPanel_Click(object sender, ImageClickEventArgs e)
    {
        GridPanel.Visible = true;
       // ClosePanel.Visible = true;
        LastNameSearchLabel.Visible = true;
        LastNameSearch.Visible = true;
        GridSearch.Visible = true;
        GridSearchClear.Visible = true;
    }

    public void  BindGridView1()
    {
        
        GridView1.DataSource = GetTable();//Temporary Dataset
        GridView1.DataBind();
          
    }
    static DataTable GetTable()
    {
        //
        // Here we create a DataTable with four columns.
        //
        DataTable table = new DataTable();
        table.Columns.Add("Dosage", typeof(int));
        table.Columns.Add("Drug", typeof(string));
        table.Columns.Add("Patient", typeof(string));
        table.Columns.Add("Date", typeof(DateTime));

        //
        // Here we add five DataRows.
        //
        table.Rows.Add(25, "Indocin", "David", DateTime.Now);
        table.Rows.Add(50, "Enebrel", "Sam", DateTime.Now);
        table.Rows.Add(10, "Hydralazine", "Christoff", DateTime.Now);
        table.Rows.Add(21, "Combivent", "Janet", DateTime.Now);
        table.Rows.Add(100, "Dilantin", "Melanie", DateTime.Now);
        return table;
    }


}

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Meeran03
RecipeDan

Author

Commented:
It works but it lists all records in the temporary table. If I type David the record for David should show. Then I press Clear and type Sam. Sam's record should show.

That is not happening in my original question. For example, I would type David and David's record lists. then I press clear and type Sam. David's record would still show.
Consultant
Commented:
Hi RecipeDan,

"..then I press clear"
   does  the grid clears on this action ?

" David's record would still show " 
  Your retrieval query might have issue .  

Try this, It has search option  and do the clear part well . 

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="_Default" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
    <title></title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
    <asp:ImageButton ID="ImgPanel"  ImageUrl="~/Images/quesmarkicon.png" runat="server" AlternateText="Search" onclick="ImgPanel_Click" />
    
<asp:Panel ID="GridPanel"  runat="server">
<%--          <asp:ImageButton ID="ClosePanel" Visible="false" onclick="ClosePanel_Click" ImageAlign="Right" ImageUrl="~/Images/Close.gif" runat="server" />
--%>
          <br />
          <table>
          <tr>
          <td>
          <asp:Label ID="LastNameSearchLabel" Visible="false" runat="server" Text="Enter Last Name: " />
          </td>
          <td>
          <asp:TextBox ID="LastNameSearch" Visible="false" runat="server" />
          </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
          <td align="center" colspan="2">
          <asp:Button ID="GridSearch" Visible="false" Text="Search" runat="server" onclick="GridSearch_Click" />
          &nbsp;
          <asp:Button ID="GridSearchClear" Visible="false" Text="Clear" runat="server" onclick="GridSearchClear_Click" />
          </td>
          </tr>
          </table>
          <br />
          <asp:GridView ID="GridView1" GridLines="None" runat="server" 
          PageSize="10" AutoGenerateColumns="true" > 
          
          </asp:GridView> 
 </asp:Panel>            

    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Data;

public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page
{
    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {

    }
    protected void GridSearch_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        GridView1.DataSource = null;
        GridView1.DataBind();
        BindGridView1(LastNameSearch.Text);
    }
    protected void GridSearchClear_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        GridView1.DataSource = null;
        GridView1.DataBind();
        LastNameSearch.Text = "";
    }
    protected void ImgPanel_Click(object sender, ImageClickEventArgs e)
    {
        GridPanel.Visible = true;
       // ClosePanel.Visible = true;
        LastNameSearchLabel.Visible = true;
        LastNameSearch.Visible = true;
        GridSearch.Visible = true;
        GridSearchClear.Visible = true;
    }

    public void  BindGridView1(string searchTerm)
    {

        DataTable dt = GetTable();
 
        if (searchTerm != ""){
            
            DataRow[] dr =  dt.Select("Patient like '%" + searchTerm  + "%'");
            if (dr.Length > 0) {
                dt = null;
                dt = dr.CopyToDataTable();
            }

        }
        GridView1.DataSource = dt;//Temporary Dataset
        GridView1.DataBind();
          
    }
    static DataTable GetTable()
    {
        //
        // Here we create a DataTable with four columns.
        //
        DataTable table = new DataTable();
        table.Columns.Add("Dosage", typeof(int));
        table.Columns.Add("Drug", typeof(string));
        table.Columns.Add("Patient", typeof(string));
        table.Columns.Add("Date", typeof(DateTime));

        //
        // Here we add five DataRows.
        //
        table.Rows.Add(25, "Indocin", "David", DateTime.Now);
        table.Rows.Add(50, "Enebrel", "Sam", DateTime.Now);
        table.Rows.Add(10, "Hydralazine", "Christoff", DateTime.Now);
        table.Rows.Add(21, "Combivent", "Janet", DateTime.Now);
        table.Rows.Add(100, "Dilantin", "Melanie", DateTime.Now);
        return table;
    }


}

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RecipeDan

Author

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Sorry I was out of town for New Years. It works great! Thank you for your help.

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