Prevent DataGridView Last Row From Being Sorted On Column Click

Hello,
You might have a row in the DataGridView typically the last one that computes total and the grid control is unbound to a datasource. And then if a sorting event occurs, you dont' wanna include that row during sort event. So given that your application has a form and a DataGridView control, the code to perform databinding is handled in the Form Load Event.

DataGridViewRow dgRowTotalCount;
DataTable dataTable;

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
 DataTable dt = new DataTable("tblEntTable");
 dt.Columns.Add("ID", typeof(string));
 dt.Columns.Add("Amount", typeof(decimal));
 dt.Rows.Add(new object[] { "1", 100.51 });
 dt.Rows.Add(new object[] { "2", 200.52 });
 dt.Rows.Add(new object[] { "6", 500.24 });
 dt.Rows.Add(new object[] { "8", 1000.11 });
 dt.Rows.Add(new object[] { "4", 400.31 });
 dt.Rows.Add(new object[] { "5", 600.88 });
 dt.Rows.Add(new object[] { "3", 700.11 });
 dt.Rows.Add(new object[] { "7", 700.12 });
 dt.Rows.Add(new object[] { "9", 300.12 });

 foreach (DataRow row in dt.Rows)
 {
  string id = row[0].ToString();
  decimal amount = Convert.ToDecimal(row[1].ToString());
  datagrid.Rows.Add(new object[]{ id, amount });
 }
}

To exclude the totals row from being sorted, the solution is pretty straightforward.  Clone and copy cell content values of the totals row to a DataGridRow object in the Cell Click Event of the grid. Then remove that row from the control.

private void datagrid_CellClick(object sender, DataGridViewCellEventArgs e)
{
 if (e.RowIndex == -1)
 {
  dgRowTotalCount = (DataGridViewRow)datagrid.Rows[((DataGridView)sender).Rows.Count - 1].Clone();
  for (Int32 index = 0; index < ((DataGridView)sender).Rows[((DataGridView)sender).Rows.Count - 1].Cells.Count; index++)
  {
   dgRowTotalCount.Cells[index].Value = ((DataGridView)sender).Rows[((DataGridView)sender).Rows.Count - 1].Cells[index].Value;
  }
  ((DataGridView)sender).Rows.RemoveAt(((DataGridView)sender).Rows.Count - 1);
 }
}

In the sorted event of the grid control, re-insert the row that was cloned and removed from the cell click event.

private void datagrid_Sorted(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
 datagrid.Rows.Insert(((DataGridView)sender).Rows.Count, dgRowTotalCount); 
}

Output (Records sorted by ID in ascending and descending order)

Cheers! :)