Introduction : This is a simple ASP.NET MVC application that shows bound data on a Gridview through a database. This is simple application for beginners to learn how to create the database in MVC ASP.NET application and bind the data on Gridview. The MVC (Model-View-Controller) architecture is a way of decomposing an application into three parts the model, the view and the controller. It was originally applied in the graphical userinteraction model of input, processing and output. A model represents an application data and contains the logic for accessing and manipulating that data. The view is responsible for rendering the state of the model. The controller is responsible for intercepting and translating user input into actions to be performed by the model. Some simple steps to bind the data on a Gridview in a MVC ASP.NET that is given below.

Step 1:

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Step 2 :

  • Right Click on Solution Explorer add a Folder.
  • Right Click on Solution Explorer->Add->Folder.
  • Name of folder "App_Data".

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Step 3 :

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Step 4 : After adding the Sql Server Database two file create in folder.

Step 5 :

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Step 6 : If you want to set the Primary key and Relationship.

  • Right click on "ID" Fields and set Primary key.
  • In same way set Relationship.
  • Close and Save the name of the table just like a "Person".

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Step 7 :

  • Right click on Employee and open "Show table data".
  • Insert data from a table.

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Step 8 :

  • Open a "index.aspx" page drag and drop a Gridview.
  • Bind the data on the gridview.

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Code:

<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<!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>Index</title>
</head>
<body style="height: 106px" bgcolor="#66ffcc">
 <form id="form1" runat="server">
 <div style="background-color: #CC6699">
 <asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="False"
DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1">
 <Columns>
 <asp:BoundField DataField="Name" HeaderText="Name" SortExpression="Name" />
 <asp:BoundField DataField="Id" HeaderText="Id" SortExpression="Id" />
 <asp:BoundField DataField="Address" HeaderText="Address"
SortExpression="Address" />
 <asp:BoundField DataField="salary" HeaderText="salary"
SortExpression="salary" />
 </Columns>
 </asp:GridView>
 <asp:SqlDataSource ID="SqlDataSource1" runat="server"
ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:ConnectionString %>"
SelectCommand="SELECT [Name], [Id], [Address], [salary] FROM [Employee]">
 </asp:SqlDataSource>
 </tr>
 </div>
 </form>
</body>
</html>

Step 9 : Press crtl+f5 run the program.

Output:

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