EmptyDataTemplate in a GridView

You can use the EmptyDataTemplate in your gridviews to display a message when “no data is found”.  This is an alternative to using code to check the number of rows in the gridview and show/hiding some label to indicate this.  The EmptyDataTemplate goes before the column definitions.

<asp:GridView  ID="gvAuthorityExemptions"   
   AutoGenerateColumns="false"  GridLines="None" 

runat="server" Width="100%"> 

<EmptyDataTemplate>

<asp:Label ID="lblNoData" runat="server">
     No Exemptions for License/Authority 
   </asp:Label>

</EmptyDataTemplate> 

<Columns> …