asp.net datagrid custom paging with pages of various sizes.

Question

I am trying to add paging to my datagrid. This datagrid stores hierarchical data. So the top row has several children rows that need to go beneath it. When a new top row type is going to be added I want to make a new page. This way all related rows will be displayed on the same page. So, I think the tricky part might be making pages with varying sizes. I am not sure how to go about attacking this issue. All of the custom paging examples I have seen still have x amount of rows per page. Like I said my pages have to all be various sizes.

Any tips would be appreciated.

Answer 1

I think your best bet would be to use a FormView control for your parents and then bind your children to a grid inside of it.