Table Ignores EnableViewState

[Jonathan Wood]

I have a table that I dynamically populate by creating cells and rows. The
data comes from a database so I would prefer to have the table store the
data in its viewstate rather than having to repopulate it on every postback.

But it doesn't work. I ensure the table's EnableViewState is true. But
whenever there's a postback and I don't repopulate the table, it disappears.
I'm thinking this has something to do with my dynamic data not being stored
in the table's viewstate. But I'm not sure why or what the best workaround
is.

Any tips?

Thanks.

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Jonathan Wood
SoftCircuits Programming
http://www.softcircuits.com

[Mark Rae [MVP]]

"Jonathan Wood" <jw***@softcircuits.comwrote in message
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>I have a table that I dynamically populate by creating cells and rows. The
data comes from a database so I would prefer to have the table store the
data in its viewstate rather than having to repopulate it on every
postback.

But it doesn't work. I ensure the table's EnableViewState is true. But
whenever there's a postback and I don't repopulate the table, it
disappears. I'm thinking this has something to do with my dynamic data not
being stored in the table's viewstate.

It's not your dynamic data as such - it's that dynamically added controls
(in this case, <trand <td>) don't survive a postback, and need to be
recreated every time the page loads...

Any tips?

Use a GridView...
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Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net