>I converted my "select" column into a template column w/ a linkbutton in the ItemTemplate. How do I code the "select" linkbutton to only show if there is data within that particular datarow??

Inside of that templated column, you will need to test if the row has data and display the select if it does, and don't display it if it doesn't.

You can get a columns value, of the DataItem of the grid, and you can test it, the value of the column. That may help, but If I were I might just use a DataList

DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "MyColumnName")

Morgan