Can I combine an EditItemTemplat e and InsertItemTempl ate?

[pjbates]

Hi,

I've been using the GridView and DetailsView controls for a while, and
I'm beginning to get annoyed by the redundancy of EditItemTemplat e and
InsertItemTempl ate in many cases.

In the following code, both edit and insert templates are identical. It
would be great if I could define a generic template to be used for both
edits and inserts. I know that there are many situations where the edit
and insert templates will differ, but for the simple cases it would be
nice to use a single template.

Is there a work around for this?

Thanks

<asp:TemplateFi eld HeaderText="End Date" SortExpression= "EndDate">
<ItemTemplate >
<asp:Label ID="Label_EndDa te" runat="server"
Text='<%# Bind("EndDate") %>'></asp:Label>
</ItemTemplate>
<EditItemTempla te>
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox_Edi tEndDate"
runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("EndDate") %>' />
</EditItemTemplat e>
<InsertItemTemp late>
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox_Ins ertEndDate"
runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("EndDate") %>' />
</InsertItemTempl ate>
</asp:TemplateFie ld>

Peter

[Dan Vogt]

Hey..i think i have a solution to your problem. You can nest the
Templates inside of each other like this:

<EditItemTempla te>
<InsertItemTemp late>
<asp:TextBox id="txt" runat="server"/>
</InsertItemTempl ate>
</EditItemTemplat e>

I have tried this method on one page so far and have had no problems
yet. Hope this helps.

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