It’s Just Poison…

ASP Design Code:
<div id=”Content”>
<asp:DataList id=”theDataList” RepeatLayout=”Flow” runat=”server”>
<ItemTemplate>
<div class=”Item”>
<%#BuildItem(DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, “fld1″), DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, “fld2″), Container.ItemIndex)%>
</div>
<%#LineWrap(Container.ItemIndex)%>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:DataList>
</div>
&gtscript language=”javascript” type=”text/javascript”>stripOutBR(’Content’);</script>

VB:
Dim strConn As String = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings(”Database”).ConnectionString
Dim objConn As New System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection(strConn)
Dim objCommand As New System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand
Dim dsTemp As System.Data.DataSet = New System.Data.DataSet
Dim strSQL As String = “”

objCommand.Connection = objConn

strSQL = “SELECT * FROM table”

Dim objAdapter As New System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataAdapter(strSQL, objConn)

objAdapter.Fill(dsTemp, “table”)

objConn.Close()
objAdapter.Dispose()
objConn.Dispose()

Dim objDps As PagedDataSource = New PagedDataSource
objDps.DataSource = dsTemp.Tables(0).DefaultView
objDps.AllowPaging = True
objDps.PageSize = 15 ‘ Amount of records to show on each page

theDataList.DataSource = objDps
theDataList.DataBind()

Public Function BuildItem(ByVal fld1 As String, ByVal fld2 As String, ByVal intCount As Integer) As String
…
Format the data to be displayed the way I want
…
End Function

‘ This function is used to throw in a div with style=”clear:both”
‘ to make a new line every 5th object
Public Function LineWrap(ByVal intLineNumber As Integer) As String
Dim strSpacer As String = “”
If intLineNumber = 4 Or intLineNumber = 9 Or intLineNumber = 14 Then
strSpacer = “<div class=”"spacer”"> </div>”
End If
Return strSpacer
End Function

Javascript:
/* this script is to clear out the tags the DataList throws in.
IE 6 doesn’t like them. Just make sure you call it AFTER
the datalist is written out. */

function stripOutBR(theID){document.getElementById(theID).innerHTML = document.getElementById(theID).innerHTML.replace(/<\/span><br><span>/gi,”);}