Displaying Row Numbers in a DataGrid

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Expertise: Intermediate
Language: ASP.NET

September 25, 2009

To display row numbers in an ASP.NET DataGrid, first create a template column and set its ItemTemplate value using the following code:

<asp:templatecolumn headertext="Row Number">
<itemtemplate>
<span><%# Container.ItemIndex+1 %></span>
</itemtemplate>
</asp:templatecolumn>

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