How can I show 2 records beside each other?

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William Buchanan

Hi folks

I want to show 2 records on a page side by side. Each record has an image
which will be displayed and a bit of text.

How can I do this?

Thanks

Will
 
Thanks for the reply.

I have a table with around 100 records. I want to show the records 2 at a
time.

They need to be beside each other since each one has a large image
associated with it (so each record will occupy half of the page).

PS. I am using ASP.NET 2.0

Will
 
I have looked into the repeater object. As far as I could see, you can bind
it to the data of the current record only.

Are you saying it is possible to bind it to the next record as well?
 
re:
Are you saying it is possible to bind it to the next record as well?
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That doesn't seem so impossible to do.

See a sample at :
http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/quickstart/aspplus/samples/webforms/pagelets/VB/Pagelet6.aspx

The source for that is at :
http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/quicks...spplus/samples/webforms/pagelets/Pagelet6.src




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I have looked into the repeater object. As far as I could see, you can bind
it to the data of the current record only.

Are you saying it is possible to bind it to the next record as well?
Click to expand...

Stop and think for a moment. How exactly could it be a "repeater" control
if it could only bind to one record?
 
Hi William,

You can use either Repeater or DataList to do it. Either one can be bound
with data source (DataSource, ObjectDataSource, or DataTable/DataSet which
retireve data). Repeater or DataList will loop thru data records for you and
you can give its layout in a more flexible style (compare to GridView and
DataGrid).

HTH

Elton Wang
 
That is not what I said. If you read my posting again I said "current
record".

The actual problem is that I want it to bind to the current and the next
record.
 
Thanks for the reply. I am missing something so please bear with me!

I can see how the repeater can be used to repeatedly display all records in
a table (as can a datalist). However, I only want to see 2 records at a
time. This means that I need to show the first 2 records, then when I click
"Next" it will show the next 2 records, and so on.

I know this can be done through lots of code, but I was hoping that there
would be some way of doing it by using the data components.

Will
 
That is not what I said. If you read my posting again I said "current
record".
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This is incorrect. The repeater binds to as many records as you have in a
dataset. If your dataset contains one record, it will bind to the current
record. If it contains two records, it will bind to two records, etc..
The actual problem is that I want it to bind to the current and the next
record.
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Easily solveable by using a paging algorithm. Sajarki points you to one
example, another is here:

http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/jeffs/archive/2004/03/22/1085.aspx

This returns as many records as you want at a time, and lets you set the
"next" and "previous" controls to get the next or previous set.
 
Thanks

Erik Funkenbusch said:
This is incorrect. The repeater binds to as many records as you have in a
dataset. If your dataset contains one record, it will bind to the current
record. If it contains two records, it will bind to two records, etc..


Easily solveable by using a paging algorithm. Sajarki points you to one
example, another is here:

http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/jeffs/archive/2004/03/22/1085.aspx

This returns as many records as you want at a time, and lets you set the
"next" and "previous" controls to get the next or previous set.
Click to expand...
 
What you're looking for is Paging.
It doesn't take much coding to implement it.

The reference you were given :
http://aspnet.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/081804-1.aspx
is an excellent guide.

There's other approaches, like :
http://www.411asp.net/func/content?tree=411asp/tutorial/howto/database/displayr/pagingre&id=4628710
and
http://www.vbdotnetheaven.com/Code/Sept2003/2173.asp

Here's a ready-made PagingRepeater control, complete with its free code,
which you could probably easily adapt to your needs :

http://www.codeproject.com/aspnet/pagingrepeater.asp

You'll need to join the Code Project to download the code,
but it's free and they don't bug you with spam.

Good luck!



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Great - thanks for all your help.

Will


Juan T. Llibre said:
What you're looking for is Paging.
It doesn't take much coding to implement it.

The reference you were given :
http://aspnet.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/081804-1.aspx
is an excellent guide.

There's other approaches, like :
http://www.411asp.net/func/content?tree=411asp/tutorial/howto/database/displayr/pagingre&id=4628710
and
http://www.vbdotnetheaven.com/Code/Sept2003/2173.asp

Here's a ready-made PagingRepeater control, complete with its free code,
which you could probably easily adapt to your needs :

http://www.codeproject.com/aspnet/pagingrepeater.asp

You'll need to join the Code Project to download the code,
but it's free and they don't bug you with spam.

Good luck!



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