display and hide particular column in repeater? - asp.net

Question

I have a repeater. And i want to hide and display a particular column for a particular condition. I have three types of subjects and their ids are 0,1,2 respectively. Now i want to show that particular column when the subject will be 2 only..
My code is :-
<table id="table1" class="yui" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>
EmpID #
</th>
<th>Edit</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<asp:Repeater ID="Repaddressorbbl" runat="server" OnItemCommand="Repaddressorbbl_ItemCommand">
<ItemTemplate>
<tr id="gh" style="cursor: pointer" onclick="Select(this);">
<td style="text-align: center;">
<%#Eval("empid")%>
</td>
<td>
<asp:LinkButton ID="lknumber" runat="server" Text="Edit" CommandName="subjectid" />
</td>
</tr>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>
</tbody>
<tfoot>
</tfoot>
</table>

Answer 1

You could catch the OnItemDataBound event of the repeater and hide the column there if the (subject) item id is 2.
In order you can get a reference to the column, make it a server control:
<td style="text-align: center;" id="COL_TO_HIDE" runat="server"><%#Eval("empid")%></td>
Then in the repeater event you can simply look for the control and hide it:
protected void YourRepeater_ItemDataBound(object sender, RepeaterItemEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Item.ItemType == ListItemType.Item || e.Item.ItemType == ListItemType.AlternatingItem)
{
var subject = (Subject)e.Item.DataItem;
if (subject.Id == 2)
{
var col = e.Item.FindControl("COL_TO_HIDE");
col.Visible = false;
}
}
}
Please note, this is just a simplified example which should you get started.

Answer 2

I think you should start by using <HeaderTemplate></HeaderTemplate> and <FooterTemplate></FooterTemplate> to define the start and end of your table just to tidy it up.
You can get the table to run on the server by adding a runat="server" and give the column <td> an id and a runat="server" attribute so you can program server code against it. I'd then eval bind the visible attribute of the cell based on your field value or use attributes.add("display:none") or just use a grid view as suggested in the link.

Answer 3

<asp:Repeater ID="Repaddressorbbl" runat="server"
OnItemCommand="Repaddressorbbl_ItemCommand">
<ItemTemplate>
<tr id="gh" style="cursor: pointer" onclick="Select(this);">
<td style="text-align: center;">
<%#Eval("empid")%>
</td>
<% if (false){ %>
<td>
<asp:LinkButton ID="lknumber" runat="server"
Text="Edit" CommandName="subjectid" />
</td>
<% } %>
</tr>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>