When to use GridView and when to use Repeater?

ebeworld — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:54:25 +0000

Control – Capability wise

GridView – Read/Edit
DataList – Read/Edit
Repeater – Read Only
DetailsView – Read/Edit/Create
FormView – Read/Edit/Create

Feature wise

Feature	Repeater	DataList	GridView
Table layout	No	No	Yes
Flow layout	Yes	Yes	No
Column layout	No	Yes	No
Style properties	No	Yes	Yes
Templates	Yes	Yes	Columns/optional
Select/ Edit/Delete	No	Yes	Yes
Sort	No	No	Yes
Paging	No	No	Yes

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