How to dynamically assign datasource to listview - asp.net

Question

I am having a problem with dynamically assigning datasource to listview.
For example I have list of receivedBonuses(Bonus), receivedLeaves(Leave) and I want listview to display those list items depending on what link button user clicked.
Researching internet and stackoverflow.com i found 3 solutions:
Using repeater inside the listview. But in my case, I could not apply it to my case and i got totally confused
Using nested listviews. I tried to do like this:
<asp:ListView ID = "bonuses" runat="server" DataSource ='<%# Eval("received_bonuses") %>' >
<ItemTemplate>
<tr>
<td><%# Eval("bonus_desc")%></td>
<td><%# Eval("bonus_type")%></td>
</tr>
</ItemTemplate>
<LayoutTemplate>
<table>
<tr>
<th>Bonus Description</th>
<th>Bonus Received Date</th>
</tr>
<tr ID="itemPlaceholder" runat="server" />
</table>
</LayoutTemplate>
<table>
<tr>
<th>Bonus Description</th>
<th>Bonus Received Date</th>
</tr>
<tr ID="itemPlaceholder" runat="server" />
</table>
</LayoutTemplate>
</asp:ListView>
<br />
and on back code I tried to write like this:
protected void dataBound(object sender, ListViewItemEventArgs e)
{
this.DataBindChildren();
}
It didn't give any errors it just didn't work.
Using data pager
I have no idea how to apply it to my case.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks a lot.

Answer 1

All you have to do on the server side is change the DataSource or DataSourceID property and call DataBind on the ListView.
You have to make sure when using <%# Eval("") %> syntax that the objects you are binding to have those properties that are named in the Eval. So you may have a problem with with switching datasources when your properties are prepended with the typename and underscore.
That being said. There are 2 options you have an changing a data source. In the click event of the button or whatever switching mechanism you are using you can just write something like.
Not using a DataSource in the markup:
List<Bonus> bonusList = GetBonuses();
MyListView.DataSource = bonusList;
MyListView.DataBind();
Using a DataSource in the markup:
//where bonus list would be the id of the datasource in the markup
MyListView.DataSourceID= "BonusList";
MyListView.DataBind();

Answer 2

Do you need to do this dynamically? If you only have "bonuse" and "leave" can you not create two listviews and then just do display logic to visible=true/false the listview based upon the link button clicked?