Creating table inside Datalist

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This is my DataList code , I define a table in headertemplate and close it in footerTemplate. The problem is with AlternatingItemStyle and ItemStyle that they don't effect. If i move the table defenition inside `` it does work. ```

Accepted Answer

Lupital, from my recollection, the DataList control will generate the table tags for you, you don't need to specify them in the header and footer.

For example:

```
<asp:DataList id="ItemsList"
       BorderColor="black"
       CellPadding="0"
       CellSpacing="0"
       RepeatDirection="Vertical"
       RepeatLayout="Table"
       BorderWidth="0"
       runat="server">
```

This should accomplish what you are looking to do with setting up the 'outer' table properties of your table of items.

Hopefully, that should solve your alternating style problem.

Creating table inside Datalist

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