C# - Displaying server control based on how many items are in a datalist

Question

What I'm trying to do is on page load display either of two controls based on how many items are in a datalist. For instance, if the datalist only contains 1 item I want it to display

Literal1.Visible = true;

If there is more than 1 item in the datalist, show

LiteralMulti.Visible = true;

Anyone know how to do this?

Answer 1

Check the Count of the Items property.

Literal1.Visible = myDataList.Items.Count == 1;

LiteralMulti.Visible = myDataList.Items.Count > 1;

Answer 2

Use can simple do that in Page_Load method :

if(DataListName.Items.Count > 1)
{
    Literalmulti.Visible = true;
} 
else
{
    Literalsingle.Visible = true;
}