Need to Show a message when DataList is Empty

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I'm using DataList to show records on Client Site of my web page. I need to show a message when my DataList is empty. Is there a property of Datalist? How to show that message?

Funny enough, it seems not so. I was expecting some 'EmptyXXX' properties like the GridView has. — leppie, May 03 '10 at 06:39

score 29 · Answer 1 · edited Aug 15 '17 at 20:35

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EmptyDataText property is not supported by DataList yet. But you can achieve almost same functionality using the following trick:

<FooterTemplate>
    <asp:Label Visible='<%#bool.Parse((DataList1.Items.Count==0).ToString())%>' 
               runat="server" ID="lblNoRecord" Text="No Record Found!"></asp:Label>
</FooterTemplate>

That is creating a Label in Footer of DataList, and make it visible only of DataList record count is 0.

edited Aug 15 '17 at 20:35

answered May 17 '12 at 05:56

Tayyab Ali

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Is there an update to this? When I tried this, it couldn't find the data list by its id. – Kadima Dec 10 '20 at 21:06

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 08 '11 at 02:37

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RowCount = Convert.ToInt32(DLMoreImages.Items.Count.ToString());
if (RowCount != null && RowCount < 1)
{
    DLMoreImages.Visible = false;
    LblerrorMess.Text = "No Record Found...";
}

edited Nov 08 '11 at 02:37

LPL

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answered May 03 '10 at 11:11

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 23 '15 at 14:47

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datalist.children.length === 0

answered Nov 23 '15 at 14:47

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 14 '17 at 11:40

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Simply use parameters in C#:

concat(Product, @space ,Subname)

...

cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@space", " ");

answered Jan 14 '17 at 11:40

Osher Levy

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score 0 · Answer 5 · edited Aug 15 '17 at 17:16

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try to use this code

if( dataList.Items.Count == 0 )
{
    dataList.Visible = false;
    lblMessage.Visible = true;
    lblMessage.Text = "No Record Found.";
}

lblMessage is a label control which initially hidden, beneath the DataList. You can write above code either in OnDataBind event or just after calling dataList.DataBind() method.

edited Aug 15 '17 at 17:16

answered Nov 08 '11 at 02:50

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Need to Show a message when DataList is Empty

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