How to bind data to DataGrid or Grid View

[vineetbatta]

I have Custom Data class which stores data about single customer and then i
store that customer objects in arraylist as shown below.

Customer custdata = null; // Custom Data class for 1 customer data.

ArrayList ar = new ArrayList(); // To store more than one customer
object.
for (int x = 0; x < 30; x++)
{
custdata = new Customer();
custdata.Custom erID = 1234 + x;
custdata.Custom erName = "Name" + x.ToString();
custdata.Custom erLocation = "UK " + x.ToString();
custdata.Custom erType = x.ToString();

ar.Add(custdata );

}

grid.; /// FEW Steps are missing and not sure to make it compatable to Grid.
grid.DataBind() ;

Now i want to bind data to gridView control, just like as we do if it was
Datatable.
Is there any simple conversion possible?

I do not want to use DataSet or DataTable but collection of Customer Objects
in Arraylist.

Thanks in advance.
-Vineet

[Eliyahu Goldin]

Vineet,

The easiest way is to use Eval method. In the code assign grid.DataSource =ar
and in the aspx page use databinding expressions like

<td><%# Eval("Name") %></td>

--
Eliyahu Goldin,
Software Developer & Consultant
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]
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>I have Custom Data class which stores data about single customer and then i
store that customer objects in arraylist as shown below.

Customer custdata = null; // Custom Data class for 1 customer data.

ArrayList ar = new ArrayList(); // To store more than one customer
object.
for (int x = 0; x < 30; x++)
{
custdata = new Customer();
custdata.Custom erID = 1234 + x;
custdata.Custom erName = "Name" + x.ToString();
custdata.Custom erLocation = "UK " + x.ToString();
custdata.Custom erType = x.ToString();

ar.Add(custdata );

}

grid.; /// FEW Steps are missing and not sure to make it compatable to
Grid.
grid.DataBind() ;

Now i want to bind data to gridView control, just like as we do if it was
Datatable.
Is there any simple conversion possible?

I do not want to use DataSet or DataTable but collection of Customer
Objects
in Arraylist.

Thanks in advance.
-Vineet

[vineetbatta]

Hi Eliyahu,

Is there any way we can use properties like Data member/ Data Key on grid
object just like for DataTable or DataSet?
I want to retain aspx code like

<Columns >
<asp:BoundFie ld DataField = "CustomerID " HeaderText = "ID" />
<asp:BoundFie ld DataField = "CustomerNa me" HeaderText = "Name" />
<asp:BoundFie ld DataField = "CustomerLocati on" HeaderText =
"Location" />
</Columns>

Thanks
"Eliyahu Goldin" wrote:

Vineet,

The easiest way is to use Eval method. In the code assign grid.DataSource =ar
and in the aspx page use databinding expressions like

<td><%# Eval("Name") %></td>

--
Eliyahu Goldin,
Software Developer & Consultant
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]
"vineetbatt a" <vi*********@di scussions.micro soft.comwrote in message
news:0B******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com...

I have Custom Data class which stores data about single customer and then i
store that customer objects in arraylist as shown below.

Customer custdata = null; // Custom Data class for 1 customer data.

ArrayList ar = new ArrayList(); // To store more than one customer
object.
for (int x = 0; x < 30; x++)
{
custdata = new Customer();
custdata.Custom erID = 1234 + x;
custdata.Custom erName = "Name" + x.ToString();
custdata.Custom erLocation = "UK " + x.ToString();
custdata.Custom erType = x.ToString();

ar.Add(custdata );

}

grid.; /// FEW Steps are missing and not sure to make it compatable to
Grid.
grid.DataBind() ;

Now i want to bind data to gridView control, just like as we do if it was
Datatable.
Is there any simple conversion possible?

I do not want to use DataSet or DataTable but collection of Customer
Objects
in Arraylist.

Thanks in advance.
-Vineet

[Eliyahu Goldin]

Provided you set grid.DataSource =ar, your example should work.

--
Eliyahu Goldin,
Software Developer & Consultant
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]
"vineetbatt a" <vi*********@di scussions.micro soft.comwrote in message
news:54******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com...

Hi Eliyahu,

Is there any way we can use properties like Data member/ Data Key on grid
object just like for DataTable or DataSet?
I want to retain aspx code like

<Columns >
<asp:BoundFie ld DataField = "CustomerID " HeaderText = "ID" />
<asp:BoundFie ld DataField = "CustomerNa me" HeaderText = "Name" />
<asp:BoundFie ld DataField = "CustomerLocati on" HeaderText =
"Location" />
</Columns>

Thanks
"Eliyahu Goldin" wrote:

>Vineet,

The easiest way is to use Eval method. In the code assign
grid.DataSourc e=ar
and in the aspx page use databinding expressions like

<td><%# Eval("Name") %></td>

--
Eliyahu Goldin,
Software Developer & Consultant
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]
"vineetbatta " <vi*********@di scussions.micro soft.comwrote in message
news:0B******* *************** ************@mi crosoft.com...

>I have Custom Data class which stores data about single customer and
then i
store that customer objects in arraylist as shown below.

Customer custdata = null; // Custom Data class for 1 customer data.

ArrayList ar = new ArrayList(); // To store more than one
customer
object.
for (int x = 0; x < 30; x++)
{
custdata = new Customer();
custdata.Custom erID = 1234 + x;
custdata.Custom erName = "Name" + x.ToString();
custdata.Custom erLocation = "UK " + x.ToString();
custdata.Custom erType = x.ToString();

ar.Add(custdata );

}

grid.; /// FEW Steps are missing and not sure to make it compatable to
Grid.
grid.DataBind() ;

Now i want to bind data to gridView control, just like as we do if it
was
Datatable.
Is there any simple conversion possible?

I do not want to use DataSet or DataTable but collection of Customer
Objects
in Arraylist.

Thanks in advance.
-Vineet