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Asked: 2026-05-11T19:30:55+00:00

Is there a feature compatible alternative to the asp:ListView control that came with ASP.NET

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Is there a feature compatible alternative to the asp:ListView control that came with ASP.NET 3.5? Due to some recent issues with a certain hosting provider’s installation of SP1, I’m looking for a temporary stand in for the ListView that can be dropped into place with minimal change to the rest of my code.

One simple alternative would be to use a Repeater. Are there any major gotchas in downgrading from a ListView to a Repeater that I need to be aware of?

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    You’ll lose 2 things:

    1. The templating ListViews provide. You’ll have to use HeaderTemplate, ItemTemplate, FooterTemplate layout of the repeater, which is kinda ugly.
    2. Repeaters, once bound, forget the data that was bound to them. If you use the listview’s DataKeyNames, that’s kind of a big one. Parsing a repeater’s items is less than fun.

    You can work around both of these, so it’s not a huge deal but still worth considering. The repeater is the best alternative to a ListView though, since the ListView was designed as an upgrade to the Repeater.

    Read here for more info:
    http://www.singingeels.com/Articles/The_ListView_Dominates_The_Repeater.aspx

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