Question

I’ve got this code here:

SqlCommand CodeStatus = new SqlCommand(SQL, DB);         DB.Open(); Reader = CodeStatus.ExecuteReader(); FormView1.DataSource = Reader; FormView1.DataBind(); DB.Close(); 

It works with a gridview, which then displays the data, but with this formview it doesn’t display the data. Why not? The default mode is read only, which should just display the data..right?

Answer 1

MSDN defines FormvView as ‘A FormView displays the values of a single record from a data source using user-defined templates.’

So you will need to look at a few things-

1. 1.Test what your reader has. Does it even have rows. Trivial but a common problem.
2. Provide the formview with a template in itemtemplate atleast.Because a FormView will not infer the columns if you bind it programmatically.
3. Try databinding in markup for individual template items like <%# Eval(‘ColName’) %>.