How to validate gridview for emptiness through the custom validator?

Question

How to validate the gridview for emptiness through the custom validator :

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 <asp:CustomValidator ID="CustomValidator1" runat="server" ErrorMessage="!!! "
                                        ControlToValidate="GridView1" ValidationGroup="Add_valid" OnServerValidate="CustomValidator1_ServerValidate"></asp:CustomValidator>

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  protected void CustomValidator1_ServerValidate(object source, ServerValidateEventArgs args)
  {

  }

Answer 1

try this..

 protected void CustomValidator1_ServerValidate(object source, ServerValidateEventArgs args)
  {
if(yourGridViewId.Rows.Count<1)
args.IsValid=false;
  }