GridView not showing up in ASP.NET? - asp.net

Question

For some reason my gridview is not showing up. On a debug I get rows and columns from the database when I check Results. I'm using a view to get the fields I need. I tried setting AutoGenerateColumns to true, but no luck. Am I missing something?
My aspx page:
<asp:Content ID="ContentMain" ContentPlaceHolderID="cphMain" runat="Server">
<asp:Panel ClientIDMode="Static" ID="meritData" runat="server" Visible="false" CssClass="dataTable">
<h5>Faculty Teaching Assignments</h5>
<p id="pMeritMsg" runat="server" class="userMsg"></p>
<asp:GridView ID="gridFTA" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="false"
ShowHeaderWhenEmpty="true"
ShowFooter="true"
DataKeyNames="FacultyId">
<Columns>
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Faculty Name">
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Label ID="txtFacultyName" runat="server" Text='<%#Bind("FacultyName") %>'/>
</ItemTemplate>
<EditItemTemplate>
<asp:Label ID="lblFacultyName" runat="server" width="40px" Text='<%#Bind("FacultyName") %>'/>
</EditItemTemplate>
<FooterTemplate>
<asp:TextBox ID="inFacultyName" width="140px" runat="server"/>
</FooterTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Number Of Courses">
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Label ID="lblNumberOfCourses" runat="server" Text='<%#Bind("NumberOfCourses") %>'/>
</ItemTemplate>
<EditItemTemplate>
<asp:TextBox ID="txtNumberOfCourses" width="70px" runat="server" Text='<%#Bind("NumberOfCourses") %>'/>
</EditItemTemplate>
<FooterTemplate>
<asp:TextBox ID="inNumberOfCourses" width="120px" runat="server"/>
</FooterTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Adjustment">
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Label ID="lblAdjustment" runat="server" Text='<%#Bind("Adjustment") %>'/>
</ItemTemplate>
<EditItemTemplate>
<asp:Label ID="lblAdjustment" runat="server" visible = "false" Text='<%#Bind("Adjustment") %>' />
</EditItemTemplate>
<FooterTemplate>
<asp:TextBox ID="inAdjustment" width="50" runat="server" >
</asp:TextBox>
</FooterTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Reason">
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Label ID="lblReason" runat="server" Text='<%#Bind("Reason") %>'/>
</ItemTemplate>
<EditItemTemplate>
<asp:Label ID="lblReason" runat="server" visible = "false" Text='<%#Bind("Reason") %>' />
</EditItemTemplate>
<FooterTemplate>
<asp:TextBox ID="inReason" width="50" runat="server" >
</asp:TextBox>
</FooterTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Course">
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Label ID="lblCourse" runat="server" Text='<%#Bind("CourseNumber") %>'/>
</ItemTemplate>
<EditItemTemplate>
<asp:Label ID="lblCourse" runat="server" visible = "false" Text='<%#Bind("CourseNumber") %>' />
</EditItemTemplate>
<FooterTemplate>
<asp:TextBox ID="inCourse" width="50" runat="server" >
</asp:TextBox>
</FooterTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
<asp:TemplateField>
<EditItemTemplate>
<asp:Button ID="ButtonUpdate" runat="server" CommandName="Update" Text="Update" />
<asp:Button ID="ButtonCancel" runat="server" CommandName="Cancel" Text="Cancel" />
</EditItemTemplate>
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Button ID="ButtonEdit" runat="server" CommandName="Edit" Text="Edit" />
</ItemTemplate>
<FooterTemplate>
<asp:Button ID="ButtonAdd" runat="server" CommandName="AddNew" Text="Add New Faculty Teaching Assignment" />
</FooterTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
</Columns>
</asp:GridView>
</asp:Panel>
</asp:Content>
My code behind:
protected clsData moData = new clsData();
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (!IsPostBack)
{
HttpContext.Current.Session["FTA"] = "";
BindData("");
}
}
protected void BindData(String FTA)
{
DataTable Results = moData.GetFTA(FTA);
gridFTA.DataSource = Results;
gridFTA.DataBind();
}
Code from the Database
public DataTable GetFTA(
string FTA)
{
// Prepare connection
SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(msConnString);
// Prepare command
SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand();
cmd.Connection = conn;
cmd.CommandType = CommandType.Text;
if (FTA == "")
{ cmd.CommandText = "Select * from View_FTA order by FacultyName"; }
DataTable dt = new DataTable();
try
{
conn.Open();
dt.Load(cmd.ExecuteReader());
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
logException(ex);
}
finally
{
conn.Close();
}
return dt;
}

Answer 1

Your asp:Panel has Visible set to false. This makes the ASP.NET engine to not to render the control (and its contents) at all.