8.4. Binding Data to a Web Forms Repeater Control

Problem

You need to bind a result set to a Web Forms Repeater control.

Solution

Set the control's advanced properties before calling DataBind().

Follow these steps:

  1. Create a C# ASP.NET web application named BindWebFormRepeater.

  2. Add the following control to the Default.aspx design surface:

    • Repeater named departmentRepeater. Use the smart tag panel to configure its formatting.

    The completed layout of the Web Form page Default.aspx is shown in Figure 8-7.

    Layout for Default.aspx in BindWebFormRepeater solution

    Figure 8-7. Layout for Default.aspx in BindWebFormRepeater solution

    The code in Default.aspx in the project BindWebFormRepeater is shown in Example 8-7.

Example 8-7. File: Default.aspx for BindWebFormRepeater solution

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="Default.aspx.cs"
    Inherits="BindWebFormRepeater._Default" %>

<!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 runat="server">
    <title>Untitled Page</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
        <asp:Repeater ID="departmentRepeater" runat="server">
        <HeaderTemplate>
          <table border=1>
            <tr>
              <th style="background-color:Yellow">
                DepartmentID</th>
              <th style="background-color:Yellow">
                Name</th>
            </tr>
        </HeaderTemplate>
        <ItemTemplate>
          <tr>
            <td>
              <%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "DepartmentID") ...

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