Bind (Populate) ASP.Net Repeater without using Eval in C# and VB.Net

Hi careless,

Check this example. Now please take its reference and correct your code.

Database

I have made use of the following table Customers with the schema as follows.

I have already inserted few records in the table.

You can download the database table SQL by clicking the download link below.

Download SQL file

HTML

<asp:Repeater ID="rptCustomers" runat="server" OnItemDataBound="OnItemDataBound">
    <HeaderTemplate>
        <table>
            <thead>
                <tr>
                    <th>Id</th>
                    <th>Name</th>
                    <th>Country</th>
                    <th>Action</th>
                </tr>
            </thead>
    </HeaderTemplate>
    <ItemTemplate>
        <tr>
            <td><asp:Label ID="lblId" runat="server" /></td>
            <td><asp:Label ID="lblName" runat="server" /></td>
            <td><asp:Label ID="lblCountry" runat="server" /></td>
            <td><asp:Button Text="Delete" runat="server" OnClientClick="return confirm('Do you want to delete this Customer?');" OnClick="OnDelete" /></td>
        </tr>
    </ItemTemplate>
    <FooterTemplate>
        </table>
    </FooterTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>

Namespaces

C#

using System.Configuration;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.SqlClient;

VB.Net

Imports System.Configuration
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Data.SqlClient

Code

C#

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    if (!this.IsPostBack)
    {
        this.BindRepeater();
    }
}

protected void OnItemDataBound(object sender, RepeaterItemEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.Item.ItemType == ListItemType.Item || e.Item.ItemType == ListItemType.AlternatingItem)
    {
        DataRowView drv = (DataRowView)e.Item.DataItem;
        Label id = (Label)e.Item.FindControl("lblId");
        Label name = (Label)e.Item.FindControl("lblName");
        Label country = (Label)e.Item.FindControl("lblCountry");
        id.Text = drv["CustomerId"].ToString();
        name.Text = drv["Name"].ToString();
        country.Text = drv["Country"].ToString();
    }
}

protected void OnDelete(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    Label lblId = ((sender as Button).NamingContainer as RepeaterItem).FindControl("lblId") as Label;
    int id = Convert.ToInt32(lblId.Text);
    string query = "DELETE FROM Customers WHERE CustomerId=@CustomerId";
    string constr = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["constr"].ConnectionString;
    using (SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(constr))
    {
        using (SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(query))
        {
            cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@CustomerId", id);
            cmd.Connection = con;
            con.Open();
            cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
            con.Close();
        }
    }
    this.BindRepeater();
}

private void BindRepeater()
{
    string constr = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["constr"].ConnectionString;
    string query = "SELECT * FROM Customers";
    using (SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(constr))
    {
        using (SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(query))
        {
            cmd.Connection = con;
            SqlDataAdapter sda = new SqlDataAdapter(cmd);
            DataTable dt = new DataTable();
            sda.Fill(dt);
            rptCustomers.DataSource = dt;
            rptCustomers.DataBind();
        }
    }
}

VB.Net

Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
    If Not Me.IsPostBack Then
        Me.BindRepeater()
    End If
End Sub

Protected Sub OnItemDataBound(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As RepeaterItemEventArgs)
    If e.Item.ItemType = ListItemType.Item OrElse e.Item.ItemType = ListItemType.AlternatingItem Then
        Dim drv As DataRowView = CType(e.Item.DataItem, DataRowView)
        Dim id As Label = CType(e.Item.FindControl("lblId"), Label)
        Dim name As Label = CType(e.Item.FindControl("lblName"), Label)
        Dim country As Label = CType(e.Item.FindControl("lblCountry"), Label)
        id.Text = drv("CustomerId").ToString()
        name.Text = drv("Name").ToString()
        country.Text = drv("Country").ToString()
    End If
End Sub

Protected Sub OnDelete(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
    Dim lblId As Label = TryCast((TryCast((TryCast(sender, Button)).NamingContainer, RepeaterItem)).FindControl("lblId"), Label)
    Dim id As Integer = Convert.ToInt32(lblId.Text)
    Dim query As String = "DELETE FROM Customers WHERE CustomerId=@CustomerId"
    Dim constr As String = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("constr").ConnectionString
    Using con As SqlConnection = New SqlConnection(constr)
        Using cmd As SqlCommand = New SqlCommand(query)
            cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@CustomerId", id)
            cmd.Connection = con
            con.Open()
            cmd.ExecuteNonQuery()
            con.Close()
        End Using
    End Using
    Me.BindRepeater()
End Sub

Private Sub BindRepeater()
    Dim constr As String = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("constr").ConnectionString
    Dim query As String = "SELECT * FROM Customers"
    Using con As SqlConnection = New SqlConnection(constr)
        Using cmd As SqlCommand = New SqlCommand(query)
            cmd.Connection = con
            Dim sda As SqlDataAdapter = New SqlDataAdapter(cmd)
            Dim dt As DataTable = New DataTable()
            sda.Fill(dt)
            rptCustomers.DataSource = dt
            rptCustomers.DataBind()
        End Using
    End Using
End Sub

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