ASP.NET and CSS

[Holokai]

Hey all, another question for you.

I just switched over from PHP to ASP.NET. one huge and obvious difference is that with PHP you can use the <? and ?> tags to start writing HTML or PHP wherever you wanted to. Thus, creating a while loop that pulls things out of a database and formats the information at the same time was fairly quick and easy.

With ASP, however, the code is an entirely seperate file from the HTML it generates. So here's the question. Two of them, really. What is the best way to "display" generated HTML? Using Labels?

And, more importantly, if Labels are the answer, is there a better way to generate the HTML than this?

while(reader.Read())
			{
				main.Text += "<div class=\"article\"><div class=\"title\">"+reader["title"]+"</div>";
			}

This is just going to generate a jumble of nasty looking HTML when it's all said and done.

Any ideas? Thansk!

- Chris

[echoSwe]

You never use labels to format data from databases like that.

use DataList/DataGrid or Repeater controls.

Read a tutorial. Your questions are pretty basic. www.asp.net to start.

Otherwhise I recommend http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/095...lance&n=283155

[Holokai]

Aha! thanks again Echo. I was just using what I knew about PHP to make the ASP work... Silly of me. Got it now. I actually have a book but I managed to get bored reading through it and started skipping to the info I needed as I needed it.

- C

[echoSwe]

Hehe, np! I'll check the parametized sql out.

[bhar]

Hi,

TRy this Title:"Develop your own Web Accounting Application in ASP.Net"
Published by VK Publishers.

Regards
Bhar

[Wired]

Hi,

TRy this Title:"Develop your own Web Accounting Application in ASP.Net"
Published by VK Publishers.

Regards
Bhar

are you affiliated with the publisher?