ASP.NetControls

ASP.Net - DataList

The Datalist control, is pretty cool.

I think it’s weaker then the grid view, it serves as a simple list mechanism.

Here’s a basic example

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<asp:DataList ID="dlResultList" runat="server">
    <ItemTemplate>
        <%#DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Title")%>
    </ItemTemplate>
</asp:DataList>

You can populate the control using a datasource. But I perfer binding it manaully. That code looks something like the following.

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Dim sql As String _
    = "select Title " _
    & "from tblResultSet " _
    & "where ntUserName='" & SI.sys.ntUserName & "' " _
    & "and ObjectName='" & lblAssetType.Text.ToString & "'"

Dim ds As DataSet _
    = SI.db.ds_Get(sql, "aspxConnectionSTring")

dlResultList.DataSource = ds.Tables(0)
dlResultList.DataBind()