I have a List<string[]> items
list filled with arrays of strings in my code. On the ASPX page, I have added a new grid view control:
<asp:GridView ID="ProductList" runat="server" AllowSorting="True" AutoGenerateColumns="False" DataKeyNames="ProductID" EnableViewState="False">
<Columns>
<asp:BoundField DataField="ProductName" HeaderText="Product" SortExpression="ProductName" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="CategoryName" HeaderText="Category" ReadOnly="True" SortExpression="CategoryName" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="SupplierName" HeaderText="Supplier" ReadOnly="True" SortExpression="SupplierName" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="UnitPrice" DataFormatString="{0:C}" HeaderText="Price" HtmlEncode="False" SortExpression="UnitPrice" />
<asp:CheckBoxField DataField="Discontinued" HeaderText="Discontinued" SortExpression="Discontinued" />
</Columns>
</asp:GridView>
I know that I should specify the DataSourceID attribute for the grid view in a fashion similar to this:
<asp:GridView ... `DataSourceID="ObjectDataSource1" ... >
</asp:GridView>
<asp:ObjectDataSource ID="ObjectDataSource1" runat="server" OldValuesParameterFormatString="original_{0}" SelectMethod="GetProducts" TypeName="ProductsBLL">
</asp:ObjectDataSource>
But, I don't know what do OldValuesParameterFormatString
, SelectMethod
and TypeName
attributes represent. Also, I don't have the database to bind to, I just have the list of string arrays named items
. Can you help me populate the grid view? It is not necessary to do it through the binding at all. Thanks!
You don't even need an ObjectDataSource. At Page_Load in the codebehind, you can parse through the string array list and create a DataTable on the fly.
Make sure to wrap this around a Not Page.IsPostback
so that it doesn't rebind on postback.
List<string[]> stringList = null;
DataTable dt = new DataTable();
DataRow dr = null;
dt.Columns.Add("ProductName", System.Type.GetType("System.String"));
dt.Columns.Add("CategoryName", System.Type.GetType("System.String"));
dt.Columns.Add("SupplierName", System.Type.GetType("System.String"));
dt.Columns.Add("UnitPrice", System.Type.GetType("System.Double"));
dt.Columns.Add("Discontinued", System.Type.GetType("System.String"));
foreach (string[] s in stringList) {
foreach (string str in s) {
dr = dt.NewRow();
dr["ProductName"] = s[0];
dr["CategoryName"] = s[1];
dr["SupplierName"] = s[2];
dr["UnitPrice"] = s[3];
dr["Discontinued"] = s[4];
dt.Rows.Add(dr);
}
}
dt.AcceptChanges();
ProductList.DataSource = dt;
ProductList.DataBind();
Edit: You'll have to change some of this code to match your needs. I'm making assumptions on the data types stored in your string[]
based on the GridView
code you provided.
You'll want to look into creating a class
to use for your items, instead of a string[]
. Maybe something like:
public class MyObject
{
public string ProductName { get; set; }
public string CategoryName { get; set; }
public string SupplierName { get; set; }
public decimal UnitPrice { get; set; }
public bool Discontinued { get; set; }
}
You'd then need something to translate the string[]
into MyObject
:
private MyObject ConvertToMyObject(string[] values)
{
var myObject = new MyObject();
myObject.ProductName = values[0];
myObject.CategoryName = values[1];
myObject.SupplierName = values[2];
decimal unitPrice;
if (decimal.TryParse(values[3], out unitPrice))
{
myObject.UnitPrice = unitPrice;
}
bool discontinued;
if (boo.TryParse(values[4], out discontinued))
{
myObject.Discontinued = values[4];
}
}
Then you could use that method in your code and then bind:
protected void Page_Load(parameters here)
{
if (IsPostback)
{
var myObjects = new List<MyObject>();
foreach (string[] values in items)
{
myObjects.Add(ConvertToMyObject(values));
}
ProductList.DataSource = myObjects;
ProductList.DataBind();
}
}
Like I said in the comment, make sure you have access to items
in the Page_Load
event handler. Also, I typed this from memory, forgot the parameters in Page_Load
. You most likely already have a Page_Load
handler in your code behind though.
You can try this
List<string[]> items = List<string[]>();
//add items to List
GridView1.DataSource = items;
GridView1.DataBind();
Your GridView
<asp:GridView runat="server" ID="GridView1">
<Columns>
<asp:TemplateField>
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Label ID="stringLabel" Text="<%# Container.DataItem %>" runat="server"></asp:Label>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
</Columns>
</asp:GridView>