Asp Gridview use Boundfields? or Templatefields?

Question

I put data in a data table e.g.

dt.TableName = "SA1";
da.Fill(dt);

GridView1.DataSource = dt;
GridView1.DataBind();

Now I'm not sure if I should use boundfield (For all columns)

<asp:BoundField DataField="Unit" HeaderText="Unit" SortExpression="Unit"  />

or use

<asp:TemplateField>
    <HeaderTemplate>
        Units
    </HeaderTemplate>
    <ItemTemplate>
        <asp:TextBox runat="server" ID="txbUnits" Text='<%# Eval("Unit")%>'></asp:TextBox>
    </ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>

and add the data as i go along, the gridview's purpose is only to display data

Answer 1

If you want to display rows without anything fancy, or any particular design, you would use BoundField. However if you would like to design the displaying of the record in a different manner than the default - you would need to create your own row template, by using the TemplateField.

Check out these links - they briefly explain the differences, but it is basically default VS customised presentation. http://forums.asp.net/t/1369418.aspx?boundfield+vs+template+field+in+gridview http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/Interviews/answer/1751/difference-between-boundfield-and-templatefield

Answer 2

If you want to just display the data then you should use bound field attribute.