asp.net control for displaying data in a grid

Question

Hi all,

I'm attempting to build a page that displays the same set of information of different "items" in a grid or table. It's akin to a shopping page that displays products in for e.g. a 4 by 3 table.

I came across datagrid and gridview but they display grouped information according to columns and each row representing one item only.

Is there a control that displays data in a very basic grid format instead of tabular form, preferably with built in pagination abilities?

Many thanks in advance

Answer 1

I'm not sure what you mean, you want a basic grid, but gridview doesn't work for you. But in any case, check out the repeater. It will require a bit more work to built a template for your items, but it's very flexible and can handle what you want.

Answer 2

You will want to use a DataList or a Repeater, as those controls allow you to specify the exact HTML you want for each item. Unfortunately, neither of those have built in pagination, but honestly, the built in pagination in the GridView is of questionable usefulness, since it only works if you use a specific data source or load everything from the database up front.