Generate new columns automatically according to a datatable field

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I have a datatable like below

name   Subjects     mark
----   --------     -----
Nim    Chemistry     23
Nim    Physics       24
Nim    Maths         25

I want to bind this datatable to a gridview like below

Name        Chemistry    Physics    Maths  
------      ---------   --------    -----
Nim            23         24         25

Posted 14-Aug-12 1:32am

Nimisha Mary John

Updated 14-Aug-12 1:36am

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AmitGajjar 14-Aug-12 7:53am

didn't get you. please elaborate

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Renju Vinod · Answer 1 · 2012-08-14T01:43:00

Solution 1

Use SQL Server PIVOT

Dynamic Pivoting in SQL Server[^]

Posted 14-Aug-12 1:43am

Renju Vinod

code4Better · Answer 2 · 2012-08-14T01:51:00

Solution 2

Just create a local data table with columns as
Column1 - Name
Column2 - Chemistry
Column3 - Physics
Column4 - Maths

Add rows to these data table and say gridview.datasource = data table name

Posted 14-Aug-12 1:51am

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Nimisha Mary John 14-Aug-12 7:59am

Actually some times the subject s more than shown