How to limit number of rows showing on datalist

Question

I have datalist howing records on page but allowing all the data to display on page will make it heavy so i want to only show 10 rows and the with a button at the button saying show more and when user clicks more button more 10 rows will show. Any idea?

Bikesh Srivastava · Answer

Hi Micah You can scroll using this. Here a example based on this query. http://www.aspforums.net/Threads/214583/Load-DataList-with-Images-on-Scrolling-down-in-ASPNet-using-jQuery/

Micah David · Answer

It didnt work i suppose to slid the images from folder anytime users upload images in that folder it will appear in the slid.

Vinay Singh · Answer

Hi Refrence link http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10191273/limit-number-of-rows-in-each-column-for-a-datalist Check the code server > utf-8 /> form1 runat= server > myDataList runat= server RepeatColumns= 5 CellPadding= 10 ForeColor= #333333 RepeatLayout= Table ShowFooter= False ShowHeader= False > White /> #EFF3FB /> #D1DDF1 Font-Bold= True ForeColor= #333333 /> myLabel runat= server Text=   /> Code using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Web; using System.Web.UI; using System.Web.UI.WebControls; public partial class test7:System.Web.UI.Page { protected void Page_Load( object senderEventArgse) { List int > myList= new List int >(); for ( int i=1;i myList.Add(i); } myDataList.DataSource=myList; myDataList.DataBind(); } }

Micah David · Answer

I don't want to use scroll or paging.

Karthik Elumalai · Answer

Hi Micah David Hope You can easily do that by using an Paging in datalist similiar to gridview. In the below link it was very well explained with simple example http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/uploadfile/rizwan328/datalist-custom-paging-in-Asp-Net-using-C-Sharp/ kindly let me know your thoughts or feedbacks thanks karthik