Set Row Count of Grid Control in WPF

Question

I have a very large dataset(can be up to 3 million items) that I am retrieving on demand based on the scroll position of a grid. This means that I will never have all the items in one collection. But, I need the grid to be interactive and allow the user to scroll as if all the items were in memory.

So, I need a way to set the amount of rows (data items) so that the scroll bar will be the proper size for my database collection. I know the total number of items in the database, so I just need to set the total number of rows in the grid to match that number.

Is there a simple way to do this in WPF with a Datagrid or GridView?

Edit: The important thing is that the scroll bar is properly sized. That way the collection can be indexed based off of it.

Answer 1

Use event handlers for several button controls to make buttons: Next, Previous, First, Last. Parameterise the SQL called by these buttons with firstrow and lastrow inputs say 1 to 10. Each time Next is called, the SQL will spit out the next 10 rows. The rows on the grid per page will be equal to 10 in this case.