Add a Row Number to the GridView

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Here’s a simple way to add a Row Number to the GridView. Just add the following tags to your <columns> section of your GridView

 <Columns>                       
     <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="RowNumber">   
         <ItemTemplate>
                 <%# Container.DataItemIndex + 1 %>   
         </ItemTemplate>
     </asp:TemplateField>
     ...
</Columns>

and you will get the following output

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Suprotim Agarwal, Developer Technologies MVP (Microsoft Most Valuable Professional) is the founder and contributor for DevCurry, DotNetCurry and SQLServerCurry. He is the Chief Editor of a Developer Magazine called DNC Magazine. He has also authored two Books - 51 Recipes using jQuery with ASP.NET Controls. and The Absolutely Awesome jQuery CookBook.

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