GridView rows swapping in ASP.NET


In this article, I am posting code about swapping GridView rows up and down using Data Tables. 

Here is Aspx Code

  <form id="form1" runat="server">
        <div>
        <asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" ForeColor="red" Text="Label"></asp:Label>
        <br />
        <br />
            <asp:GridView ID="Gridviewselectbus" runat="server" Height="87px" Width="771px"
                HorizontalAlign="Center" AutoGenerateColumns="False" OnRowCommand="Gridviewselectbus_RowCommand" CellPadding="4" ForeColor="#333333" GridLines="None">
                <RowStyle BorderColor="#999999" HorizontalAlign="Center" VerticalAlign="Middle"
                    Wrap="True" BackColor="#EFF3FB" />
                <EmptyDataRowStyle BorderColor="#999999" />
                <Columns>
                    <asp:BoundField DataField="Lname" HeaderText="Lname" SortExpression="Lname" />
                    <asp:BoundField DataField="Fname" HeaderText="Fname" SortExpression="Fname" />
                    <asp:BoundField DataField="Job" HeaderText="Job" SortExpression="Job" />
                    <asp:BoundField DataField="Index"  HeaderText="Index" SortExpression="Index" />
                    <asp:TemplateField>
                        <HeaderStyle Width="3%" />
                        <ItemTemplate>
                            <asp:ImageButton ID="ibtnUp" runat="server" border="0" CommandArgument='<%# Eval("index")%>'
                                CommandName="Up" Height="18px" ImageUrl="images/btn_GreenUP.png" Width="18px" />
                        </ItemTemplate>
                    </asp:TemplateField>
                    <asp:TemplateField>
                        <HeaderStyle Width="3%" />
                        <ItemTemplate>
                            <asp:ImageButton ID="ibtnDown" runat="server" border="0" CommandArgument='<%# Eval("index")%>'
                                CommandName="Down" Height="18px" ImageUrl="images/btn_GreenDown.png" Width="18px" />
                        </ItemTemplate>
                    </asp:TemplateField>
                </Columns>
                <FooterStyle BackColor="#507CD1" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="White" />
                <PagerStyle BackColor="#2461BF" ForeColor="White" HorizontalAlign="Center" />
                <SelectedRowStyle BackColor="#D1DDF1" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="#333333" />
                <HeaderStyle BackColor="#507CD1" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="White" />
                <EditRowStyle BackColor="#2461BF" />
                <AlternatingRowStyle BackColor="White" />
            </asp:GridView>
        </div>
    </form>

Here is C# code

public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page
{
    public DataTable dt = new DataTable();
    public DataTable dtnew = new DataTable();

    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        if (!IsPostBack)
        {
            bindgrid(); // Bind Gridview with sample data
 
        }
    }
    private void bindgrid()
    {
        dt.Columns.Add("Fname");
        dt.Columns.Add("Lname");
        dt.Columns.Add("Job");
        dt.Columns.Add("Index");
        DataRow dr;
        dr = dt.NewRow();
        dr[0] = "ONE";
        dr[1] = "User One";
        dr[2] = "Manager";
        dr[3] = 0;
        dt.Rows.Add(dr);
        dr = dt.NewRow();
        dr[0] = "TWO";
        dr[1] = "User Two";
        dr[2] = "Project Lead";
        dr[3] = 1;
        dt.Rows.Add(dr);
        dr = dt.NewRow();
        dr[0] = "THREE";
        dr[1] = "USer Three";
        dr[2] = "Team Lead";
        dr[3] = 2;
        dt.Rows.Add(dr);
        dr = dt.NewRow();
        dr[0] = "FOUR";
        dr[1] = "User Four";
        dr[2] = "Module Lead";
        dr[3] = 3;
        dt.Rows.Add(dr);
        dr = dt.NewRow();
        dr[0] = "FIVE";
        dr[1] = "User Five";
        dr[2] = "Senior Developer";
        dr[3] = 4;
        dt.Rows.Add(dr);
        dr = dt.NewRow();
        dr[0] = "SIX";
        dr[1] = "User Six";
        dr[2] = "Developer";
        dr[3] = 5;
        dt.Rows.Add(dr);
        dt.AcceptChanges();
        Gridviewselectbus.DataSource = dt;
        Gridviewselectbus.DataBind();
        Session["dt"] = dt;
   

    protected void Gridviewselectbus_RowCommand(object sender, GridViewCommandEventArgs e)
    {
        if (e.CommandName == "Up")
        {
            int index = Convert.ToInt32(e.CommandArgument);
            if (index == 0)
            {
                Label1.Text = "You Cant move recor' Up";
                Label1.Visible = true;
                return;
            }
            dt = (DataTable)Session["dt"];
            int value = Convert.ToInt32(dt.Rows[index]["Index"].ToString());
            dt.Rows[index]["Index"] = Convert.ToInt32(index) - 1;
            dt.Rows[index - 1]["Index"] = value;// Convert.ToInt32(index);
            dt.DefaultView.Sort = "Index";
            dt.AcceptChanges();
            dtnew = dt.Copy();
            Gridviewselectbus.DataSource = dt;
            Gridviewselectbus.DataBind();
            dt.AcceptChanges();
            for (int i = 0; i <= Gridviewselectbus.Rows.Count - 1; i++)
            {
                dtnew.Rows[i]["Lname"] = Gridviewselectbus.Rows[i].Cells[0].Text;
                dtnew.Rows[i]["Job"] = Gridviewselectbus.Rows[i].Cells[1].Text;
                dtnew.Rows[i]["Fname"] = Gridviewselectbus.Rows[i].Cells[2].Text;
                dtnew.Rows[i]["Index"] = Gridviewselectbus.Rows[i].Cells[3].Text;
            }
            Session["dt"] = dtnew;
            Label1.Text = string.Empty;
        }
        if (e.CommandName == "Down")
        {
            int index = Convert.ToInt32(e.CommandArgument);
            dt = (DataTable)Session["dt"];
            if (Convert.ToInt16(index + 1) == dt.Rows.Count)
            {
                Label1.Text = "You Cant move record down";
                Label1.Visible = true;
                return;
            }
            int value = Convert.ToInt32(dt.Rows[index]["Index"].ToString());
            dt.Rows[index]["Index"] = Convert.ToInt32(dt.Rows[index]["Index"].ToString()) + 1;
            dt.Rows[index + 1]["Index"] = value;
            dt.AcceptChanges();
            dt.DefaultView.Sort = "Index";
            dt.AcceptChanges();
            dtnew = dt.Copy();
            Gridviewselectbus.DataSource = dt;
            Gridviewselectbus.DataBind();
            dt.AcceptChanges();
            for (int i = 0; i <= Gridviewselectbus.Rows.Count - 1; i++)
            {
                dtnew.Rows[i]["Lname"] = Gridviewselectbus.Rows[i].Cells[0].Text;
                dtnew.Rows[i]["Job"] = Gridviewselectbus.Rows[i].Cells[1].Text;
                dtnew.Rows[i]["Fname"] = Gridviewselectbus.Rows[i].Cells[2].Text;
                dtnew.Rows[i]["Index"] = Gridviewselectbus.Rows[i].Cells[3].Text;
            }
            Session["dt"] = dtnew;
            Label1.Text = string.Empty;
        }
    }
}

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