Building a datagrid to show different tables depending on Request.QueryString

Question

So, I have a control with a datagrid in it and I was wondering if depending on the value I get back from the a Request.QueryString if I could set the table name to that (that is the value being sent) and then have it build the columns?

I have about 3 different tables, and they have different amounts of columns, and of course with different names.

Answer 1

Hi,

Yes you need to access the QueryString collection to get the table name your passing in then just create a new datatable and set its name.

/Create the table and name it/

DataTable dt = new DataTable();

dt.TableName = Request.QueryString["VariableName"].ToString();

/add the columns/

dt.Columns.Add(Request.QueryString["VariableName"].ToString(), typeof(String)); dt.Columns.Add(Request.QueryString["VariableName"].ToString(), typeof(String)); dt.Columns.Add(Request.QueryString["VariableName"].ToString(), typeof(String));

Enjoy!