Default text for blank or empty datalist

[j_ruez]

I have looked everywhere and honestly can't believe I am the only one
trying to figure this out. Maybe I am searching under the wrong
keywords.

I have a datalist. It is bound to an array, but could be bound to
anything - dataset, whatever. If, when bound, there are no values,
all that shows on the datalist is the header and the footer, with no
space in between. I want to display a default message - something
like "There are no values"

Any ideas?

[Scott Mitchell [MVP]]

I've found the easiest way is after binding, check to see if there are no
records returned. If not, hide the DataGrid and show a Label that says,
"No records," or whatnot. If there are records, then do the opposite.

That is, you might have something like:

myDataGrid.DataSource = ...
myDataGrid.DataBind()

If myDataGrid.Items.Count = 0 then
'There are no records
myDataGrid.Visible = False
someLabelWithAMessage.Visible = True
Else
myDataGrid.Visible = True
someLabelWithAMessage.Visible = False
End If
Happy Programming!

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I have looked everywhere and honestly can't believe I am the only one
trying to figure this out. Maybe I am searching under the wrong
keywords.

I have a datalist. It is bound to an array, but could be bound to
anything - dataset, whatever. If, when bound, there are no values,
all that shows on the datalist is the header and the footer, with no
space in between. I want to display a default message - something
like "There are no values"

Any ideas?