Are you sure the person who said no to Datagrid understands what the DataGrid and a web form control is? Perhaps he is under the impression that the Datagrid is a Windows form ocx type control that is embedded into an IE browser? Is that what he might be thinking? If so, that is not how it works. Not to try to harp on it, but I just dont understand why your project leader would say no. All the Datagrid does is output an html table formatted data for you without having to hand code all that junk.