Question

I have a very simple scenario but poor experience in this area and googling around didn’t help much.

Consider a classic ASPX page with C# code behind. Let’s say I have a list of DataTables (or a DataSet with several tables). I need the means to display all tables using one DataGrid per table.

I tried binding entire DataSet to DataGrid but it displayed only the first table.

Something tells me I should be using a Repeater in conjunction with DataGrid but I need help with this or a totally different (better) alternative.

Answer 1

This is an example using dynamic controls:

ASPX

    <asp:Panel runat="server" ID="myPanel" Width="100%">
    </asp:Panel>
    <asp:Label ID="lblMessage" runat="server" />
    <asp:Button Text="Just post" runat="server" />

Code behind

    protected void Page_Init(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        var s1 = Builder<Product>.CreateListOfSize(5).Build();
        var s2 = Builder<Order>.CreateListOfSize(9).Build();

        var g1 = new DataGrid { Width = new Unit("50%"), DataSource = s1 };
        var g2 = new DataGrid { Width = new Unit("50%"), DataSource = s2 };

        this.myPanel.Controls.Add(g1);
        this.myPanel.Controls.Add(g2);
    }

    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        this.DataBind();
    }

Output:

Note that the view state of each grid is kept among post backs