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How to dynamically add rows to a table in ASP.NET?

Answer 1

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ASP.NET WebForms doesn't work this way. What you have above is just normal HTML, so ASP.NET isn't going to give you any facility to add/remove items. What you'll want to do is use a Repeater control, or possibly a GridView. These controls will be available in the code-behind. For example, the Repeater would expose an "Items" property upon which you can add new items (rows). In the code-front (the .aspx file) you'd provide an ItemTemplate that stubs out what the body rows would look like. There are plenty of tutorials on the web for repeaters, so I suggest you google that to obtain further information.

Kirk Woll 2010-09-24 16:57:40

Answer 2

+3 A:

in addition to what Kirk said I want to tell you that just "playing around" won't help you to learn asp.net, and there is a lot of free and very good tutorials .
take a look on the asp.net official site tutorials and on 4GuysFromRolla site

M.H 2010-09-24 17:04:09

Answer 3

+2 A:

Have you attempted the Asp:Table?

<asp:Table ID="myTable" runat="server" Width="100%"> 
    <asp:TableRow>
        <asp:TableCell>Name</asp:TableCell>
        <asp:TableCell>Task</asp:TableCell>
        <asp:TableCell>Hours</asp:TableCell>
    </asp:TableRow>
</asp:Table>

You can then add rows as you need to in the script by creating them and adding them to myTable.Rows

TableRow row = new TableRow();
TableCell cell1 = new TableCell();
cell1.Text = "blah blah blah";
row.Cells.Add(cell1);
myTable.Rows.Add(row);

Given your question description though, I'd say you'd be better off using a GridView or Repeater as mentioned by @Kirk Woll.

EDIT - Also, if you want to learn without buying books here are a few sites you absolutely need to become familiar with:

Scott Guthrie's Blog
4 Guys from Rolla
MSDN
Code Project Asp.Net

Joel Etherton 2010-09-24 17:05:41

Answer 4

+1 A:

You need to get familiar with the idea of "Server side" vs. "Client side" code. It's been a long time since I had to start, but you may want to start with some of the video tutorials at http://www.asp.net.

Two things to note: if you're using VS2010 you actually have two different frameworks to chose from for ASP.NET: WebForms and ASP.NET MVC2. WebForms is the old legacy way, MVC2 is being positioned by MS as an alternative not a replacement for WebForms, but we'll see how the community handles it over the next couple of years. Anyway, be sure to pay attention to which one a given tutorial is talking about.

Jim Leonardo 2010-09-24 17:07:15

Answer 5

A:

You can use the asp:Table in your web form and build it via code:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/7bewx260.aspx

Also, check out asp.net for tutorials and such.

Mike Cheel 2010-09-24 17:08:31

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