The purpose of databind is to bind the data so as to display i.e string query1 = "Select * from Links"; SqlConnection con1 = new SqlConnection(strcon); SqlCommand cmd1 = new SqlCommand(query1, con1); SqlDataReader sdr1; con1.Open(); sdr1 = cmd1.ExecuteReader(); gridLink.DataSource = sdr1; gridLink.DataBind(); con1.Close();

The purpose of databind is to bind the data so as to display i.e string query1 = "Select * from table_name"; SqlConnection con1 = new SqlConnection(strcon); SqlCommand cmd1 = new SqlCommand(query1, con1); SqlDataReader sdr1; con1.Open(); sdr1 = cmd1.ExecuteReader(); gridView1.DataSource = sdr1; gridView1.DataBind(); con1.Close();

to bind data eg. gridview1.datasource=dataset; gridview1.dataBind();