This example shows how to bind a DataTable in a DataList control. Just for the simplicity of this demo I’m going to create a dummy data in the DataTable. See the code blocks below:
private DataTable GetData
{
DataTable dt = new DataTable;
DataRow dr;
dt.Columns.Add(new System.Data.DataColumn("Column1", typeof(String)));
dt.Columns.Add(new System.Data.DataColumn("Column2", typeof(String)));
dt.Columns.Add(new System.Data.DataColumn("Column3", typeof(String)));
dr = dt.NewRow;
dr[0] = "Column1 Item A";
dr[1] = "Column2 Item B";
dr[2] = "Column3 Item C";
dt.Rows.Add(dr);
dr = dt.NewRow;
dr[0] = "Column1 Item AA";
dr[1] = "Column2 Item BB";
dr[2] = "Column3 Item CC";
dt.Rows.Add(dr);
dr = dt.NewRow;
dr[0] = "Column1 Item AAA";
dr[1] = "Column2 Item BBB";
dr[2] = "Column3 Item CCC";
dt.Rows.Add(dr);
dr = dt.NewRow;
dr[0] = "Column1 Item AAAA";
dr[1] = "Column2 Item BBBB";
dr[2] = "Column3 Item CCCC";
dt.Rows.Add(dr);
return dt;
}
Now let’s set up the DataList in the ASPX source like below.
<asp:DataList ID="DataList1" runat="server">
<HeaderTemplate>
<table>
<tr>
<th style="width:150px" align="left">HEADER 1</th>
<th style="width:150px" align="left">HEADER 2</th>
<th style="width:150px" align="left">HEADER 3</th>
</tr>
</table>
</HeaderTemplate>
<ItemTemplate>
<table>
<tr>
<td style="width:150px" align="left"> <asp:Label ID="LabelTest1" Text='<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Column1") %>' runat="server" /></td>
<td style="width:150px" align="left"> <asp:Label ID="LabelTest2" Text='<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Column2") %>' runat="server" /></td>
<td style="width:150px" align="left"> <asp:Label ID="LabelTest3" Text='<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Column3") %>' runat="server" /></td>
</tr>
</table>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:DataList>
As you can see, the set up above was very simple. Now let’s go switch back to the code behind part of the page and bind the DataList with the data from the DataTable. Here’s the code block below:
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (!IsPostBack)
{
DataTable dt = GetData;
DataList1.DataSource = dt;
DataList1.DataBind;
}
}
That’s Simple!
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