A Simple Example Of Nested GridView With Expand, Collapase and Filter Feature

In this example, we create a nested GridView. In this Griview we will expand the grid to show the complete data regarding a Student with "jQuery" and Filter the GridView using a "Stored Procedure" like this:
Student Table

Expanding

Expending Student Table
Filter
Filter Student Table

Here we filter the Name and Total Marks depending on the Conditions (greater than 90 and less than 30).

Step 1:
First we will create a table in the database (here we will use the example of a Student)
as in the following:

create table Student

(

id int identity(1,1),

Name varchar(20),

Class varchar(20),

Age int,

s_Address varchar(100),

Phone varchar(20),

Total varchar(20)

)


Step 2: Now we create the nested GridView as in the following:
 

     <asp:GridView ID="gvStudents" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="false" DataKeyNames="id"

        OnRowDataBound="OnRowDataBound">

        <Columns>

            <asp:TemplateField>

                <ItemTemplate>

                    <img alt="" style="height: 10px;" src="images/Up.jpg" />

                    <asp:Panel ID="pnlDetails" runat="server" Style="display: none">

                        <asp:GridView ID="gvDetails" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="false">

                            <Columns>

                                <asp:BoundField ItemStyle-Width="150px" DataField="id" HeaderText="id" />

                                <asp:BoundField ItemStyle-Width="150px" DataField="age" HeaderText="age" />

                                <asp:BoundField ItemStyle-Width="150px" DataField="Class" HeaderText="Class" />

                                <asp:BoundField ItemStyle-Width="150px" DataField="s_Address" HeaderText="Address" />

                                <asp:BoundField ItemStyle-Width="150px" DataField="Phone" HeaderText="Phone" />

                            </Columns>

                        </asp:GridView>

                    </asp:Panel>

                </ItemTemplate>

            </asp:TemplateField>

            <asp:TemplateField>

                <HeaderTemplate>

                    Name:

                    <asp:DropDownList ID="ddlName" runat="server" OnSelectedIndexChanged="NameChanged"

                        AutoPostBack="true" AppendDataBoundItems="true">

                        <asp:ListItem Text="Select" Value="Select"></asp:ListItem>

                        <asp:ListItem Text="All" Value="All"></asp:ListItem>

                    </asp:DropDownList>

                </HeaderTemplate>

                <ItemTemplate>

                    <%# Eval("Name") %>

                </ItemTemplate>

            </asp:TemplateField>

            <asp:TemplateField>

                <HeaderTemplate>

                    Total

                    <asp:DropDownList ID="ddlTotal" runat="server" OnSelectedIndexChanged="TotalChanged"

                        AutoPostBack="true" AppendDataBoundItems="true">

                        <asp:ListItem Text="Select" Value="Select"></asp:ListItem>

                        <asp:ListItem Text="All" Value="All"></asp:ListItem>

                        <asp:ListItem Text="Greater Than 90" Value="90"></asp:ListItem>

                        <asp:ListItem Text="Less Than 30" Value="30"></asp:ListItem>

                    </asp:DropDownList>

                </HeaderTemplate>

                <ItemTemplate>

                    <%# Eval("Total") %>

                </ItemTemplate>

            </asp:TemplateField>

        </Columns>

    </asp:GridView>

    Here we will create a GridView(gvStudents), Inside this GridView, Here we take an

    Image(for Exapand and Collapse) and a Panel(pnlDetails) in which we will take an

    another GridView(gvDetails) as Nested GridView.

    <asp:GridView ID="gvStudents" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="false" DataKeyNames="id"

        OnRowDataBound="OnRowDataBound">

        <Columns>

            <asp:TemplateField>

                <ItemTemplate>

                    <img alt="" style="height: 10px;" src="images/Up.jpg" />

                    <asp:Panel ID="pnlDetails" runat="server" Style="display: none">

                        <asp:GridView ID="gvDetails" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="false">

                            <Columns>

                                <asp:BoundField ItemStyle-Width="150px" DataField="id" HeaderText="id" />

                                <asp:BoundField ItemStyle-Width="150px" DataField="age" HeaderText="age" />

                                <asp:BoundField ItemStyle-Width="150px" DataField="Class" HeaderText="Class" />

                                <asp:BoundField ItemStyle-Width="150px" DataField="s_Address" HeaderText="Address" />

                                <asp:BoundField ItemStyle-Width="150px" DataField="Phone" HeaderText="Phone" />

                            </Columns>

                        </asp:GridView>

                    </asp:Panel>

                </ItemTemplate>

            </asp:TemplateField>

        </Columns>

    </asp:GridView>

Step 3: Now we will create the HeaderTemplate in our GridView for Filtering the data. Here we will use a DropDownList to filter the data like this:
 

<headertemplate>

Name:

<asp:DropDownList ID="ddlName" runat="server"

OnSelectedIndexChanged = "NameChanged" AutoPostBack = "true"

AppendDataBoundItems = "true">

<asp:ListItem Text = "Select" Value = "Select"></asp:ListItem>

<asp:ListItem Text = "All" Value = "All"></asp:ListItem>

 

</asp:DropDownList>

</headertemplate>

    <itemtemplate>

<%# Eval("Name") %>

</itemtemplate>

    </asp:TemplateField>

    <asp:TemplateField>

        <headertemplate>

Total:

<asp:DropDownList ID="ddlTotal" runat="server"

OnSelectedIndexChanged = "TotalChanged" AutoPostBack = "true"

AppendDataBoundItems = "true">

<asp:ListItem Text = "Select" Value = "Select"></asp:ListItem>

<asp:ListItem Text = "All" Value = "All"></asp:ListItem>

<asp:ListItem Text = "Greater Than 90" Value = "90"></asp:ListItem>

<asp:ListItem Text = "Less Than 30" Value = "30"></asp:ListItem>

 

</asp:DropDownList>

</headertemplate>

        <itemtemplate>

<%# Eval("Total") %>

</itemtemplate>

    </asp:TemplateField>

Step 4: Now we will create the Stored Procedure for Name and Total like this:
 

SET ANSI_NULLS ON

GO

SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON

GO

CREATE PROCEDURE GetName

@Search VARCHAR(50)

AS

BEGIN

SET NOCOUNT ON;

IF @Search = 'Select'

SELECT *

FROM Student

ELSE If @Search = 'All'

SELECT *

FROM Student

ELSE IF @Search= '2'

SELECT TOP 2 id, Name, Total

FROM Student

ELSE

SELECT id, Name, Total

FROM Student WHERE Name=@Search

END

GO

SET ANSI_NULLS ON

GO

SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON

GO

CREATE PROCEDURE GetTotal

@Search VARCHAR(50)

AS

BEGIN

SET NOCOUNT ON;

IF @Search = 'All'

SELECT *

FROM Student

ELSE IF @Search= '90'

SELECT * from Student where Total>@Search

ELSE IF @Search= '30'

SELECT * from Student where Total<@Search

ELSE

SELECT id, Name, Total

FROM Student WHERE Total=@Search

END

GO

Here we set the value of the search depending on the value of the DropDownList, by which we can filter the data like this:

<asp:ListItem Text = "Select" Value = "Select"></asp:ListItem>

<asp:ListItem Text = "All" Value = "All"></asp:ListItem>

<asp:ListItem Text = "Greater Than 90" Value = "90"></asp:ListItem>

<asp:ListItem Text = "Less Than 30" Value = "30"></asp:ListItem>

Here we will set the ListItem value "All" so the SP calls the following query:
 

IF @Search = 'All'

SELECT *

FROM Student

Step 5: Now we will write our jQuery function for expanding and collapasing the data:
 

<script type="text/javascript">

    $("[src*=Up]").live("click", function () {

        $(this).closest("tr").after("<tr><td></td><td colspan = '1000'>" + $(this).next().html() + "</td></tr>")

        $(this).attr("src", "images/Down.jpg");

    });

    $("[src*=Down]").live("click", function () {

        $(this).attr("src", "images/Up.jpg");

        $(this).closest("tr").next().remove();

    });

</script>


Here we will use the two images (Up.jpg and Down.jpg), so when we click on the image (Up.jpg) a new row will be added. This is called Expanding and when we click on the Down.jpg the row is removed, this is called collapsing.

Step 6: Now we will write the code in the .cs page
as in the following:

if (!IsPostBack)

{

     ViewState["Search"] = "All";

     ViewState["Search1"] = "All";

     BindName();

     BindTotal();

     gvStudents.DataSource = GetData("select * from Student");

     gvStudents.DataBind();

}

Step 7: Now we will write the code to filter the data by name as in the following:
 

protected void NameChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

   DropDownList ddlName = (DropDownList)sender;

   ViewState["Search"] = ddlName.SelectedValue;

   this.BindName();

}
 

Here we will assign the DropDownlist Value in the ViewState, so it will be helpful in the filtering of data.
 

private void BindName()

{

   SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection("Data Source=ADMIN-PC\\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=student;Integrated Security=True");

   DataTable dt = new DataTable();

 

   SqlDataAdapter da = new SqlDataAdapter();

   SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("GetName");

   cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;

   cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Search", ViewState["Search"].ToString());

   cmd.Connection = con;

   da.SelectCommand = cmd;

   da.Fill(dt);

   gvStudents.DataSource = dt;

   gvStudents.DataBind();

   DropDownList ddlName =

  (DropDownList)gvStudents.HeaderRow.FindControl("ddlName");

   this.BindNameList(ddlName);

}


Here we will first create the ConnectionString and call the Stored Procedure (GetName) and set the value of the search depending on the value of ViewState["Search"]. And call another funtion (BindNameList) as in the following:
 

private void BindNameList(DropDownList ddlName)

{

     SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection("Data Source=ADMIN-PC\\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=student;Integrated Security=True");

     SqlDataAdapter sda = new SqlDataAdapter();

     SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("select * from Student");

 

    cmd.Connection = con;

    con.Open();

    ddlName.DataSource = cmd.ExecuteReader();

    ddlName.DataTextField = "Name";

    ddlName.DataValueField = "Name";

    ddlName.DataBind();

    con.Close();

    ddlName.Items.FindByValue(ViewState["Search"].ToString())

    .Selected = true;

}


Here we will add the data in the DropDownList(ddlName).

protected void NameChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

    DropDownList ddlName = (DropDownList)sender;

    ViewState["Search"] = ddlName.SelectedValue;

    this.BindName();

}

Like this we will write the code for Total:
 

    private void BindTotal()

    {

        SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection("Data Source=ADMIN-PC\\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=student;Integrated Security=True");

        DataTable dt1 = new DataTable();

 

        SqlDataAdapter da1 = new SqlDataAdapter();

        SqlCommand cmd1 = new SqlCommand("GetTotal");

        cmd1.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;

        cmd1.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Search", ViewState["Search1"].ToString());

        cmd1.Connection = con;

        da1.SelectCommand = cmd1;

        da1.Fill(dt1);

        gvStudents.DataSource = dt1;

        gvStudents.DataBind();

        DropDownList ddlTotal =

        (DropDownList)gvStudents.HeaderRow.FindControl("ddlTotal");

        this.BindTotalList(ddlTotal);

    }

    private void BindTotalList(DropDownList ddlTotal)

    {

        SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection("Data Source=ADMIN-PC\\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=student;Integrated Security=True");

        SqlDataAdapter sda = new SqlDataAdapter();

        SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("select * from Student");

 

        cmd.Connection = con;

        con.Open();

        ddlTotal.DataSource = cmd.ExecuteReader();

        ddlTotal.DataTextField = "Total";

        ddlTotal.DataValueField = "Total";

        ddlTotal.DataBind();

        con.Close();

        ddlTotal.Items.FindByValue(ViewState["Search1"].ToString())

        .Selected = true;

    }

    protected void TotalChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)

    {

        DropDownList ddlTotal = (DropDownList)sender;

        ViewState["Search1"] = ddlTotal.SelectedValue;

        this.BindTotal();

    }

Now we will write the code for creating the DataTable like this:
 

    private static DataTable GetData(string query)

    {

        SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection("Data Source=ADMIN-PC\\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=student;Integrated Security=True");

 

        using (SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand())

        {

            cmd.CommandText = query;

            using (SqlDataAdapter sda = new SqlDataAdapter())

            {

                cmd.Connection = con;

                sda.SelectCommand = cmd;

                using (DataSet ds = new DataSet())

                {

                    DataTable dt = new DataTable();

                    sda.Fill(dt);

                    return dt;

                }

            }

        }

    }


Step 8: Now we will write the code to fill the data in the GridView (gvDetails)
as in the following:

protected void OnRowDataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e)

{

    if (e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow)

    {

         string StudentId = gvStudents.DataKeys[e.Row.RowIndex].Value.ToString();

         GridView gvDetails = e.Row.FindControl("gvDetails") as GridView;

         gvDetails.DataSource = GetData(string.Format("select * from Student where id='" + StudentId + "'"));

         gvDetails.DataBind();

    }

}

Here we will fill in the data in the GridView depending on the KeyName, that we already specified in our GridView like this:
 

<asp:GridView ID="gvStudents" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="false"

DataKeyNames="id" OnRowDataBound="OnRowDataBound">

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