[Solved] Maximum number of columns

[LuAnne Farrah]

We are working with a developer to build online tables using RadGrid. I am not a developer but looking for information about RadGrid dataset size limitations.  We have a huge dataset that is 88 fields wide.  Ideally, we'd like to give online users access to view ALL 88 fields for a limited number of records on the same web page application.  Is there a way to do this?  We've been experimenting with the scrolling and screen freeze features but encounter problems when trying to display all 88 fields across same page.

[Sebastian]

Hello LuAnne,

With such large amount of fields in the grid table you may consider utilizing the scrolling + static headers feature of our web grid:

http://demos.telerik.com/aspnet-ajax/grid/examples/client/scrolling/defaultcs.aspx

and enable its paging feature to reduce the number of records displayed at once:

http://demos.telerik.com/aspnet-ajax/grid/examples/generalfeatures/paging/defaultcs.aspx

Still, I do not recommend visualizing the entire set of columns at once since this may cause partial delay because the amount of html (and javascript eventually) that should be parsed by the browser will increase to a great extent. Furthermore, I suppose that navigating between all these fields would not be very convenient for the end users.

Best regards,
Sebastian
the Telerik team

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