5.6 Display, Sort, and Page Data in the DataGrid Control The Table controls and DataRepeater are fine when I have small sets of data, but the display just keeps repeating and I have to write a bunch of code to change the sort order of the data. How do I create a table-like display that will show a set number of rows at a time and let me sort the data? Technique The DataGrid control is by far the most flexible and powerful of the controls used in ASP.NET for displaying data on your Web page. It gives you the ability not only to list data, but also to page through it and sort it nicely with headers, and even to edit data. This last feature will be saved for the next How-To. To perform the other tasks, you will use a combination of setting properties at design time and programming some events. In particular for the DataGrid control, you will add code to events raised by sorting and paging. This How-To will use the DataGrid bound at design time. You will also see a simple example of using the DataView object for sorting your data. Steps Open and run the Visual Basic .NET -Chapter 5 solution. From the main page, click on the hyperlink with the caption How-To 5.6: Display, Sort, and Page Data in the DataGrid Control. You will then see all the territories loaded into a data grid. You can click the     . 5.6 Display, Sort, and Page Data in the DataGrid Control The Table controls and DataRepeater are fine when I have small sets of data, but the display. hyperlink with the caption How-To 5.6: Display, Sort, and Page Data in the DataGrid Control. You will then see all the territories loaded into a data grid.