Difference between the FormView and the DetailsView in ASP.Net

DetailsView control is similar to that of the GridView control.
However, the DetailsView control does not support a selection event, because the current record is always the selected item.
The DetailsView control does not support sorting.
DetailsView control uses a tabular layout where each field of the record is displayed as a row of its own.
The difference between the FormView and the DetailsView controls is that the DetailsView control uses a tabular layout where each field of the record is displayed as a row of its own. In contrast, the FormView control does not specify a pre-defined layout for displaying the record. Instead, you create a template containing controls to display individual fields from the record. The template contains the formatting, controls, and binding expressions used to create the form