Use a ListView control to render an HTML table. : ListView « Data Binding « ASP.NET Tutorial






<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
 "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
    <title>Table ListView</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>

        <asp:ListView
            ID="lstProducts"
            DataSourceId="srcProducts"
            runat="server">
            <LayoutTemplate>
                <table>
                <thead>
                    <tr>
                        <td>Title</td>
                        <td>Director</td>
                    </tr>
                </thead>
                <tbody>
                    <asp:Placeholder
                        id="itemPlaceholder"
                        runat="server" />
                </tbody>
                </table>
            </LayoutTemplate>
            <ItemTemplate>
                <tr>
                    <td><%# Eval("Title") %></td>
                    <td><%# Eval("Director") %></td>
                </tr>
            </ItemTemplate>
            <EmptyDataTemplate>
                No records found
            </EmptyDataTemplate>
        </asp:ListView>

        <asp:SqlDataSource
            id="srcProducts"
            SelectCommand="SELECT Id, Title, Director FROM Product"
            ConnectionString='<%$ ConnectionStrings:Products %>'
            Runat="server" />
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>


File: Web.config

<configuration>
  <connectionStrings>
    <add name="Products" 
         connectionString="Data Source=.\SQLEXPRESS;
         AttachDbFilename=|DataDirectory|MyDatabase.mdf;Integrated Security=True;User Instance=True" />
  </connectionStrings>
</configuration>








19.21.ListView
19.21.1.Using the LayoutTemplate and ItemTemplate
19.21.2.Use a ListView control to render an HTML table.
19.21.3.Displaying a photo gallery with a ListView control.
19.21.4.Selecting a Row
19.21.5.Sorting data with the ListView control.
19.21.6.Editing Database Data
19.21.7.Inserting new records with the ListView control.
19.21.8.Using a DataPager control with the ListView control.
19.21.9.Creating a Custom User Interface for Paging