Random display of records in gridview

Table structure

table structure in sql

Default.aspx code

<%@ Page Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="false" CodeFile="Default.aspx.vb" 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>Untitled Page</title>   
     <link href="style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
 
</
head>
<
body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
   
    </div>
    <asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server">
        <HeaderStyle BackColor="#FFCC66" />
        <AlternatingRowStyle BackColor="#FF6666" />
    </asp:GridView>
    <table>
    <tr>
    <td><a href="Default.aspx" id="uu">Refresh to get random values</a></td>
    </tr>
    </table>
    </form>
</body>
</
html>

Default.aspx.vb code

Imports System.Data.SqlClient
Imports System.Data
Partial Class _Default
    Inherits System.Web.UI.Page
    Dim strConnString As String = System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings.Item("ConnectionString").ToString()
    Dim con As New SqlConnection(strConnString)
    Dim sqlda As SqlDataAdapter
    Dim com As SqlCommand
    Dim ds As DataSet
    Dim str As String
    Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
        If Not IsPostBack Then
            bindgrid()
        End If
    End Sub
    Sub bindgrid()
        Try
            con.Open()
            str = "select * from student"
 
           com = New SqlCommand(str, con)
            sqlda = New SqlDataAdapter(com)
            ds = New DataSet
            sqlda.Fill(ds, "student")
            Dim dt As DataTable = ds.Tables(0)
            dt.Columns.Add(New DataColumn("RandomNumber", GetType(Integer)))
            Dim i As Integer
            Dim r1 As New Random()
            For i = 0 To dt.Rows.Count - 1
                dt.Rows(i)("RandomNumber") = r1.Next(10000)
            Next i
            Dim dv As DataView = dt.DefaultView
            dv.Sort = "RandomNumber"
            GridView1.DataSource = dv
            GridView1.DataBind()
            con.Close()
        Catch ex As Exception
            Response.Write(ex.Message)
        End Try
    End Sub
End Class

Output

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