Question

I coded for a comments page. Its working fine but all the SELECTED records are being displayed using Response.Write(dr[0].ToString()); But using Response.Write we cannot manage them in orderly manner. So, I decided to display records in Labels but I am not interested to use pagination. So, now to automatically add a new Set of Labels (i.e. a set is a set of labels name, email, website and comments) on every update of records?

I also tried using Labels instead of Response.Write but in Labels only last record is being displayed.

Please tell me how to display each record in each set of labels.

My code follows.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Data.Odbc;

public partial class comment : System.Web.UI.Page
{
    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {

        string MyConString = "DRIVER={MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver};" + "SERVER=localhost;" + "DATABASE=test_com;" + "UID=root;" + "PASSWORD=*****;" + "OPTION=3";
        OdbcConnection MyConnection = new OdbcConnection(MyConString);

            MyConnection.Open();
            OdbcCommand cmd = new OdbcCommand("Select name, email, website, comments from awm_comments", MyConnection);
            OdbcDataReader dr = cmd.ExecuteReader();
            if (dr.HasRows == false)
            {
                throw new Exception();
            }
            while (dr.Read())
            {
                Response.Write(dr[0].ToString());
                Response.Write(dr[1].ToString());
                Response.Write(dr[2].ToString());
                Response.Write(dr[3].ToString());

                /* test using labels. Being displayed only last record. 
                Label1.Text = dr[0].ToString();
                Label2.Text = dr[1].ToString();
                Label3.Text = dr[2].ToString();
                Label4.Text = dr[3].ToString();
                */
            }
    }
    protected void Submit_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        string name = tb_name.Text;
        string email = tb_email.Text;
        string website = tb_website.Text;
        string comment = tb_comment.Text;

        string MyConString = "DRIVER={MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver};" + "SERVER=localhost;" + "DATABASE=test_com;" + "UID=root;" + "PASSWORD=******;" + "OPTION=3";
        OdbcConnection MyConnection = new OdbcConnection(MyConString);
        OdbcCommand cmd = new OdbcCommand("INSERT INTO awm_comments(name, email, website, comments, notify)VALUES(?, ?, ?, ?, ?)", MyConnection);
        cmd.Parameters.Add("@email", OdbcType.VarChar, 255).Value = name;
        cmd.Parameters.Add("@alternate_email", OdbcType.VarChar, 255).Value = email;
        cmd.Parameters.Add("@ipaddr", OdbcType.VarChar, 255).Value = website;
        cmd.Parameters.Add("@security_question", OdbcType.VarChar, 255).Value = comment;
        if (cb_notify.Checked == true)
        {
            int not = 1;
            cmd.Parameters.Add("@security_question", OdbcType.Int, 11).Value = not;
        }
        else if (cb_notify.Checked == false)
        {
            int not = 0;
            cmd.Parameters.Add("@security_question", OdbcType.Int, 11).Value = not;
        }
        MyConnection.Open();
        cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
        MyConnection.Close();
    }
}

Answer 1

I would suggest you scratch most of what you have and use a repeater.

Follow the following basic how to use a repeater article http://www.sitepoint.com/asp-net-repeater-control/