Ch14, Try out pg493

TeaDrinkingGeek · March 18th, 2011, 07:45 AM

Hi Imar,

I've been experimenting with your code on pg 493, 494.

I wanted to add another Review field into the repeater.

I wrote this:

Code:

<asp:BulletedList ID="BulletedList1" runat="server" DataSource='<%# Eval("Reviews")%>' DataTextField="Summary" DisplayMode="Text">
                   </asp:BulletedList>

It displays the summary of reviews fine but in this format:

PUNK
--->Title
--->Title

--->Summary
--->Summary

How can I get it to display like:

PUNK
--->Title
--->Summary

--->Title
--->Summary

?

Regards
TDG

Imar · March 18th, 2011, 08:25 AM

This won't work as each bulleted list renders it's own set of items. What you could instead is use a nested Repeater and define controls for the title and the summary. Something like this should work:

Code:

<asp:Repeater ID="Repeater1" runat="server">
  <ItemTemplate>
    <h3><asp:Literal ID="Literal1" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("Name") %>'></asp:Literal></h3>
    <asp:Repeater runat="server" DataSource='<%# Eval("Reviews")%>' >
      <ItemTemplate>
        <h4><asp:Literal ID="Literal1" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("Title") %>' /><br /></h4>
        <p>
        <asp:Literal ID="Literal2" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("Summary") %>' />
        </p>
      </ItemTemplate>
    </asp:Repeater>
  </ItemTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>

Cheers,

Imar

TeaDrinkingGeek · March 18th, 2011, 09:14 AM

Thanks Imar,

I thought you might have to have a nested query to get the info.

Imar · March 18th, 2011, 09:25 AM

You already have a nested set of data, where each genre holds a number of reviews. In this example, the outer Repeater displays the top level genres, while the inner Repeater displays the nested reviews.

Cheers.

Imar