I created a custom control inherited from the gridview and bound it to the
sql datasource.  I made the gridview control properties visible from the
asp.net page where it is created.
Here is the code which is working fine
<ord:OrderItemView
            runat="server"
            ID="orderItems"
            AllowPaging="true"
            PageSize="10" 
            DataMember="OrderList"
            DataSourceID="orderDataSource"
    </ord:OrderItemView>
and here is the code which is creating issues with post back. only the
differenece is hiding the columns

<ord:OrderItemView
            runat="server"
            ID="orderItems"
            AllowPaging="true"
            PageSize="10" 
            DataMember="OrderList"
            DataSourceID="orderDataSource"
        <PartTypeField DataFormatString="{0:d}" HtmlEncode="false" />
        <ItemDescriptionField Visible="false" />
        <ItemPriceField Visible = "false" />
        <QuantityField Visible="false" />
    </ord:OrderItemView>

and the rows dont post properly. any help is highly appreciated.

Thanks
Gopi

Where are you adding your columns? OnLoad? OnInit?

Where are you adding your columns? OnLoad? OnInit?

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