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Listing 12.5 - ShowEmptyDataTemplate.aspx

Illustrates how to display a template when no data is present when using an ASP.NET DetailsView control.

Listing 12.5 - ShowEmptyDataTemplate.aspx (C#)
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<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
    <title>Show Empty Data Text</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
    
    <asp:DetailsView
        id="dtlMovies"
        DataSourceID="srcMovies"
        EmptyDataText="<b>No Matching Record!</b>"
        Runat="server" />
    
    <asp:SqlDataSource
        id="srcMovies"
        ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:Movies %>"
        SelectCommand="SELECT Id,Title,Director,InTheaters FROM Movies
            WHERE Id=-1"
        Runat="server" />
    
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>