ASP.net Repeater not binding values - asp.net

Question

I have a repeater defined as
<asp:Repeater id="rep1" runat="server">
<ItemTemplate>
<%#Eval("name")%>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>
The code behind is as
try
{
SqlConnection xconn = new SqlConnection();
xconn.ConnectionString = #"Data Source=XXXXXX;Trusted_Connection=yes;database=master";
xconn.Open();
lbl1.Text = "Connected to SQL";
SqlCommand ycmd = new SqlCommand("select * from student",xconn);
SqlDataReader dr = ycmd.ExecuteReader();
cdcatalog.DataSource = dr;
cdcatalog.DataBind();
}
catch (Exception)
{
lbl1.Text= "Cannot connect to SQL";
}
Why does it not bind the data in the repeater?

Answer 1

Why are you binding data readers to a repeater? I would recommend you using strongly typed objects. So start by defining a model that will represent your data:
public class Student
{
public string Name { get; set; }
}
then a method to fetch those students:
public IEnumerable<Student> GetStudents()
{
using (var conn = new SqlConnection("Data Source=XXXXXX;Trusted_Connection=yes;database=master"))
using (var cmd = conn.CreateCommand())
{
conn.Open();
cmd.CommandText = "SELECT Name FROM Students;";
using (var reader = cmd.ExecuteReader())
{
while (reader.Read())
{
yield return new Student
{
Name = reader.GetString(reader.GetOrdinal("Name"));
}
}
}
}
}
and then bind the repeater:
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (!IsPostBack)
{
rep1.DataSource = GetStudents().ToArray();
rep1.DataBind();
}
}
and in the view:
<asp:Repeater id="rep1" runat="server">
<ItemTemplate>
<%# Eval("Name") %>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>
Also note that the name of the repeater is rep1 so that's what you should use in your code behind.

Answer 2

the ID of your repeater is rep1 whereas you are databinding cdcatalog. I guess your problem is there. What is this cdcatalog?