ASP.NET: Repeater Control

[ryan007]

Hi, I am working on webform(VB.Net). I need some help.

Database: Column1
Title
Descptionxxxx
URL

I want to display the records as follows:

Title URL
Descptionxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I am using Repeater control. Is there any better way to do it, please suggest.

Thx
Ryan

[nateraaaa]

Will there be more than one of these datatables shown on a page at one time? If so then I think a repeater is the way to go. Inside of your repeater you have several ways to display this data in the format that you need. You can create a datatable in the code behind and add the data for each row. Or you could use a datagrid or gridview with one Template column that uses labels to display the data in the format that you need. I have done what you are wanting to do using a datagrid and it works nicely. Give this a try and let me know if you run into any problems.

Nathan

[Frinavale]

Hi, I am working on webform(VB.Net). I need some help.

Database: Column1
Title
Descptionxxxx
URL

I want to display the records as follows:

Title URL
Descptionxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I am using Repeater control. Is there any better way to do it, please suggest.

Thx
Ryan

I'm really not sure what you are trying to do here...
Do you have table that looks like:
Database: Column1
Title: Column2
Descptionxxxx: Column3
URL:Column4

Are you generating a table using a repeater?
Could you please provide more details on what you are doing.
I think you're going to want to look into the GridView object (if you're displaying data in a table format...)

-Frinny

[ryan007]

Will there be more than one of these datatables shown on a page at one time? If so then I think a repeater is the way to go. Inside of your repeater you have several ways to display this data in the format that you need. You can create a datatable in the code behind and add the data for each row. Or you could use a datagrid or gridview with one Template column that uses labels to display the data in the format that you need. I have done what you are wanting to do using a datagrid and it works nicely. Give this a try and let me know if you run into any problems.

Nathan

There is only one database on a page. I tried few ways. My problem is, all this data from one column, it is like set of records. Each set should be like this.

Title1 URL1
Description1 XXXXXXX

Title2 URL2
Description2 XXXXXXX


(Title, URL,DescriptionXXXXXXX) are records in the database. i was able display them like this

Title
URL
Descption......

Thanks for the help.

Ryan

[ryan007]

I'm really not sure what you are trying to do here...
Do you have table that looks like:
Database: Column1
Title: Column2
Descptionxxxx: Column3
URL:Column4

Are you generating a table using a repeater?
Could you please provide more details on what you are doing.
I think you're going to want to look into the GridView object (if you're displaying data in a table format...)

-Frinny

No,

Title, URL, Descptionxxx all are 3 diff. records from 1 column. I want to display them like

Record1 Record2
Record3............

Record4 Record5
Record6...........

[nateraaaa]

Your last post confuses me. Could you show us a sample of 2 or 3 records from your database table? Then show us what format you would like the data to be in using data from your sample records.

thanks
Nathan

[Frinavale]

Your last post confuses me. Could you show us a sample of 2 or 3 records from your database table? Then show us what format you would like the data to be in using data from your sample records.

thanks
Nathan

Also, could you post an example of your exact output...