reproduce this in vb.net in an asp:repeater i need to repeat the following

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I need to repeat the following in vb.net/asp.net.

<ul id="prod_nav" class="clearfix">
      <li class="top"><a href="05-Pink-02-Category-List.html" class="top_link"><span class="down">Body and Trim</span></a>
        <ul class="sub">
          <li class="clearfix">
            <ul>
              <li><a href="05-Pink-03-Products-List.html">Panels</a></li>
              <li><a href="05-Pink-03-Products-List.html">Tow Bars</a></li>
            </ul>
          </li>
        </ul>
      </li>   <li class="top"><a href="05-Pink-02-Category-List.html" class="top_link"><span class="down">Brake Friction</span></a>
        <ul class="sub">
          <li class="clearfix">
            <ul>
              <li><a href="05-Pink-03-Products-List.html">Drums</a></li>
              <li><a href="05-Pink-03-Products-List.html">pads</a></li>
              <li><a href="05-Pink-03-Products-List.html">discs</a></li>

            </ul>
             </li>
        </ul>
      </li>

so ar i have

<asp:Repeater ID="repeaterMyList"  Runat="server">
            <HeaderTemplate>

            </HeaderTemplate>
                <ItemTemplate>
                   <li class="top"><a href="javascript: void(0)" class="top_link"><span class="down"></span><%#DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,"groupname")%></a>

          <ul class="sub">
          <li class="clearfix">
            <ul>
              <li><a href="05-Pink-03-Products-List.html"><%#DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,"subgroupname")%></a></li>




                </ItemTemplate>
                <SeparatorTemplate>

            </ul>
                </SeparatorTemplate>
                <FooterTemplate>

                </li>
        </ul>
      </li>
                </FooterTemplate>
            </asp:Repeater>
        </ul>

Problem : The datatable I have referenced the repeater in, has the columns for example but im only getting one master <li>.

Created please can someone help me out here.

GROUPID   GROUPNAME           SUBGROUPID SUGROUPNAME
BO  Body & Trim PANE-BO Panels
BO  Body & Trim TOWS-BO Tow Bars

BR  Brake Friction  DRUM-BR Drums
BR  Brake Friction  PADS-BR Pads
BR  Brake Friction  KITS-BR Accessories-Fit Kits
BR  Brake Friction  DISC-BR Discs
BR  Brake Friction  SHOE-BR Shoes
CA  Cables  CABL-CA Cables
CA  Cables  CAFP-CA Cable Fitment Parts
CL  Clutch Friction SSCL-CL Switches, Sensors - Clutch
CL  Clutch Friction CLPT-CL Clutch Parts, Flywheels
CL  Clutch Friction CLFP-CL Fitting Parts
CO  Cooling & Heating   RCTS-CO Radiator Caps, Thermostats
CO  Cooling & Heating   SSCH-CO Switches, Sensors - Cooling & Heating   
CO  Cooling & Heating   WHOP-CO Water Hoses, Pumps

Looks like you need something more complicated than plain `Repeater`.. what about the `Menu` control? Or client side jQuery menu? — Shadow The GPT Wizard, Mar 27 '11 at 10:48
It's clear now after your last edit - I added a markup example for the nested repeaters to my answer below. — marapet, Mar 27 '11 at 11:11

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

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Instead of the full solution which would involve more than just the markup for the repeater, here is the most important subject you should look into to pull this off:

Nested repeaters

Tons of examples on StackOverflow and elsewhere.

Basically, you'll want a repeater for your groups, and and inner repeater for your subgroups.

Hard to be more specific because the data table you mention in your question does not correspond to the markup sample provided (for example, the group Bathroom cannot be found in your data example).

EDIT:

Here's the basic markup for a nested repeater:

<asp:Repeater ID="rGroups"  Runat="server">
    <HeaderTemplate>
        <ul id="prod_nav" class="clearfix">
    </HeaderTemplate>
    <ItemTemplate>
        <li class="top"><a href="05-Pink-02-Category-List.html" class="top_link">
            <span class="down"><%#DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,"groupname")%></span></a>

        <asp:Repeater ID="rSubgroups"  Runat="server">
            <HeaderTemplate>
                <ul class="sub">
                  <li class="clearfix">
                    <ul>
            </HeaderTemplate>
            <ItemTemplate>
                <li><a href="05-Pink-03-Products-List.html"><%#DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,"subgroupname")%></a></li>
            </ItemTemplate>
            <FooterTemplate>
                    </ul>
                  </li>
                </ul>
            </FooterTemplate>
        </asp:Repeater>

        </li>
    </ItemTemplate>
    <FooterTemplate>
        </ul>
    </FooterTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>

The rSubgroups repeater needs to be bound for each item in the rGroups repeater. In order to do that, you'll need to implement the OnItemDataBound event of rGroups

edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

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the markup was an example the data is the data i need to reproduce within the repeater – c-sharp-and-swiftui-devni Mar 27 '11 at 10:50
do u have an example how to do that i have a dataset which i reference in repearter one ds.tables(1) – c-sharp-and-swiftui-devni Mar 27 '11 at 11:16
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3571363/nested-repeaters-in-asp-net/3571394#3571394 contains an example on how to set up OnItemDataBound and how to use FindControl to obtain a reference to the inner repeater. – marapet Mar 27 '11 at 11:25
when i rung the example though it reproduces 3 main elements of body and trim if i just run it as standard – c-sharp-and-swiftui-devni Mar 27 '11 at 11:30
You cannot bind the data list directly to rGroups. First you'll need to obtain a list of unique groups and bind that to rGroups. Then, for every group bound, you'll bind the list of subgroups for that particular group to the rSubgroups repeater. – marapet Mar 27 '11 at 11:41
if my information is in the dataset ds.tables(1) how can i do a select on that as im going out to a webservice to fetch that data first – c-sharp-and-swiftui-devni Mar 27 '11 at 11:43
Linq to the rescue - see the accepted answer of this question (covers exactly this case) http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1686589/c-dataset-retrieving-unique-value-based-on-column – marapet Mar 27 '11 at 12:05
CAN YOU GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO bound rsubgroups please im running into difculity – c-sharp-and-swiftui-devni Mar 27 '11 at 21:40
in ur example i catn seem to reference the subgroups repeater in coe can you give examples – c-sharp-and-swiftui-devni Mar 27 '11 at 21:54

reproduce this in vb.net in an asp:repeater i need to repeat the following

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