Question

I am using ASP.NET repeater and I want to display No Row Found message when query return 0 rows from database. I know its there in GridView.

Regards

Answer 1

If you have a HeaderTemplate or a FooterTemplate defined, you could add any HtmlControl or ServerControl inside of either of them and then programatically show/hide it in the codebehind.

<asp:Repeater id="Repeater1" runat="server" OnItemDataBound="">
 <HeaderTemplate>
  <h1>My Repeater Data</h1>
  <div id="NoRecords" runat="server" visible="false">
    No records are available.
  </div>
 </HeaderTemplate>
 <ItemTemplate>
 ...
 </ItemTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>

Here’s the code behind

protected void Repeater1_ItemDataBound(object sender, RepeaterItemEventArgs e)
{
    if (Repeater1.Items.Count < 1)
    {
        if (e.Item.ItemType == ListItemType.Header)
        {
            HtmlGenericControl noRecordsDiv = (e.Item.FindControl("NoRecords") as HtmlGenericControl);
            if (noRecordsDiv != null) {
              noRecordsDiv.Visible = true;
            } 
        }
    }
}