Data-Bound Controls (1) - Templates

In ASP.NET 2.0, the following controls are often used to do data binding.

1.      GridView

2.      DataList

3.      Repeater

4.      DetailsView

5.      FormView

GridView, DataList and Repeater are for displaying multiple records once, but DetailsView and FormView are for one record one time.

In addition, to decide which control to use, we’d better understand what templates every control supports and what is the built-in layout for every control.

Templates

Templates are usually for defining what content do display in certain area of the control.

GridView

• EmptyDataTemplate
• PagerTemplate

 DataList

• HeaderTemplate
• ItemTemplate
• SeparatorTemplate
• AlternatingItemTemplate
• SelectedItemTemplate
• EditItemTemplate
• FooterTemplate

 Repeater

• HeaderTemplate
• ItemTemplate
• SeparatorTemplate
• AlternatingItemTemplate
• FooterTemplate

DetailsView

• HeaderTemplate
• FooterTemplate
• EmptyDataTemplate
• PagerTemplate

 FormView

• HeaderTemplate
• ItemTemplate
• SeparatorTemplate
• AlternatingItemTemplate
• SelectedItemTemplate
• EditItemTemplate
• InsertItemTemplate
• FooterTemplate
• EmptyDataTemplate
• PagerTemplate