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POCreating Repeater Template at runtime and based upon user input
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copied!<p>Is it possible to dynamically create an ItemTemplate for a repeater somehow?</p> <p>I am trying to use a repeater since it allows the most control, but one of my requirements is making me reconsider.</p> <p>I basically have a number of SQL queries that I do through a web service. Rather than having users type in the entire query I want them to be able to select "parts", "products", or "packages" via radio buttons, enter a search term in a text box, and some other info, and the page returns the results they want. I have this mostly done, the RadioButtons control logic, and I have the query set up to accept the input from the text box as a search term with wildcards. The only probelm is I am struggling with the repeater control. The problem is each one of the tables has a different number of columns and they have different names, so doing a <code><td><%# DataBinder.Eval(Container,\"DataItem.Description\") %></td></code> within the ItemTemplate is not possible(I don't know until bind time which one of the 3(possibly more in the future)templates to use)</p> <p>I tried using a literal to pass in what I wanted based on logic in the codebehind, but I couldn't pass the inline functions, and I have been unable to put together how to do this based on an earlier question.</p> <p>I have been reading the MSDN reference and it seems like if I learn the DataList control it will make things easier, but I'd rather not waste time on that if there's an easy way to do it with a repeater(which will also allow me more control)</p> <p>Thank you</p>

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