ADO.NET 101: Data Rendering with a DataList Control Introduction - Displayed data from DataReader

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With the above modifications to the GUI, the design of the form with the data list appears as follows:

The displayed data will appear as follows (a truncated portion is shown):

Summary

Binding data from a DataReader to a DataList control was described in detail. Unlike what was necessary with the DataGrid control, additional HTML formatting has to be implemented to display the data. The System.Web.UI.DataBinder class and its method Eval() are used to facilitate the porting of the data to the control. Since DataReader was the data source, the updating of the data was not discussed.

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