Bind Database Values to Generic List Using ASP.NET


Here I will explain how to bind a generic list to a GridView and how to bind database values to a generic list using ASP.NET. To do that, first we start with a database table.

Creating Table

Now create a table named UserDetail with columns Name, Address and Country. The table looks like below.

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After creating the table, insert some values into the table.

We can build a collection of objects; we first need an object. I tend to use a Class1 object for that example. The Class1 object simply holds some information about a user - Name, Address, and Country.

To do that, add one class file to your website; for that, right-click on your website and select Add New Item; a window will open; in that select Class file and give the name Class1.

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The following is the object I'm going to use.

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using System.Web;

 

/// <summary>

/// Summary description for Class2

/// </summary>

public class Class1

{

 

    //

    // TODO: Add constructor logic here

    //

    private string name;

    private string address;

    private string country;

 

    public string Name

    {

        get

        {

            return name;

        }

        set

        {

            name = value;

        }

    }

 

    public string Address

    {

        get

        {

            return address;

        }

        set

        {

            address = value;

        }

    }

 

    public string Country

    {

        get

        {

            return country;

        }

        set

        {

            country = value;

        }

    }

}

 

Now create a new website and drag and drop a GridView control onto the aspx page. The GridView code looks like this.

 

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Default2.aspx.cs" Inherits="Default2" %>

 

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

<head runat="server">

    <title></title>

</head>

<body>

    <form id="form1" runat="server">

    <div>

        <asp:GridView runat="server" ID="gvUserDetails" AutoGenerateColumns="false">

            <RowStyle BackColor="#EFF3FB" />

            <FooterStyle BackColor="#507CD1" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="White" />

            <PagerStyle BackColor="#2461BF" ForeColor="White" HorizontalAlign="Center" />

            <HeaderStyle BackColor="#507CD1" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="White" />

            <AlternatingRowStyle BackColor="White" />

            <Columns>

                <asp:BoundField HeaderText="Name" DataField="Name" />

                <asp:BoundField HeaderText="Address" DataField="Address" />

                <asp:BoundField HeaderText="Country" DataField="Country" />

            </Columns>

        </asp:GridView>

    </div>

    </form>

</body>

</html>

 

Now that we have an object, we need a collection to hold them. One of my favorite collection objects is the List, located in the System.Collections.Generic namespace, so we'll start with that.

List<Class1> obj1 = new List<Class1>();

Connection String

string strConnection = "Data Source=.; uid=sa; pwd=wintellect;database=Genericdatabase;";

 

Now double-click on the form and add the following code in Default.aspx.cs file.

 

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Data;

using System.Data.SqlClient;

 

public partial class Default2 : System.Web.UI.Page

{

    List<Class1> obj1 = new List<Class1>();

    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)

    {

        if (!IsPostBack)

        {

            BindUserDetails();

        }

    }

    protected void BindUserDetails()

    {

        obj1 = GetUserDetails();

        gvUserDetails.DataSource = obj1;

        gvUserDetails.DataBind();

    }

    protected List<Class1> GetUserDetails()

    {

        string strConnection = "Data Source=.; uid=sa; pwd=wintellect;database=Genericdatabase;";

 

        DataTable dt = new DataTable();

        SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(strConnection);

        con.Open();

        SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("select * from UserDetail", con);

        SqlDataAdapter da = new SqlDataAdapter(cmd);

        da.Fill(dt);

        if (dt.Rows.Count > 0)

        {

            for (int i = 0; i < dt.Rows.Count; i++)

            {

                Class1 userinfo = new Class1();

                userinfo.Name = dt.Rows[i]["Name"].ToString();

                userinfo.Address = dt.Rows[i]["Address"].ToString();

                userinfo.Country = dt.Rows[i]["Country"].ToString();

                obj1.Add(userinfo);

            }

        }

        return obj1;

    }

}


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