title: Displaying a gridview's footer with an empty (linqdatasource) datasource
body: <p>The datasource of the datagrid is a LINQDataSource which relies on the value of a dropdownlist.  In addition, I want to use the footer to insert new records - so I'd prefer not to use the empty dataset template.  I am trying to find a way to always display the footer regardless if the datasource is empty or not.</p>
  
  <p>EDIT:
  Is there a way to create an empty/invisible object of the type in the LinqDataSource?</p>