Will GridView become heavy?

Question

In my e-Commerce I am using GridView to display the result of a search. Recently, one of my friends commented that the GridView will become heavy when
THOUSANDS of RECORDS come together and it will make the site slower.
Is he right?
Should I avoid using GridView and go for something else? If so what should I use instead of GridView?
Thanks,

Answer 1

Dear

One way to display thousands of records is GridView with Paging facility On but GridView display the records as one row per record. If you want custoimization of records , go for DataList Control that provides the facility to display records in a better way via the properties like RepeatDirection and RepeatColumns.

Thanks

Rajendra

 

Answer 2

Thanks Rajendra, so I will continue with GridView.