need clarification on Datatable

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I need your help on this. In my copde I am using data table ... manually creating rows/columns in DT and populating them and lastly binding it to GridView.

I want to add a cell to each datarow in data table and the cell in turn will hold a HTML Control (HTML Anchor Tag).

Say, my current DT has 2rows and 3 cols as below

server blah blah abc xyz 123 def vbh 345

Now, I want to do further processing on servername (on col1) and add a extra col to DT which will hold HTML Anchor Tag. the details can be seen clicking on the HTML Anchor tag. So, ultimately the DT should look like below:

server blah blah abc xyz 123 HTML LINK def vbh 345 HTML LINK

Please tell how can I do this? i.e, add a separate cell to DT and add the HTML control to that bewly added cell.

Thanks. Rahul

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RQDQ
– RQDQ

2011-02-03 12:56:16 +00:00
Commented Feb 3, 2011 at 12:56 — RQDQ
– RQDQ, Commented Feb 3, 2011 at 12:56

RQDQ · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-01 16:01:29Z

One way to do it would be to create a model class that you can bind to that wraps each data row:

public class FooView { public FooView(Row row) { this.Row = row; } private Row Row { get; set; } public string Server { get { (string)return this.Row["Server"]; } } public string Blah{ get { (string)return this.Row["blah"]; } } public string Link1{ get { string.Format("http://foo.bar/id={0}", this.Server); } } }

Create a list of these and bind directly to this collection (using the Link1 property to get the href for the link).

Rajeev Nair · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-01 17:03:52Z

While I agree with RQDQ, here is an alternative method:

Dim newColumn As New Data.DataColumn("HyperlinkColumn") dt.Columns.Add(newColumn) For Each r As Data.DataRow In dt.Rows r("HyperlinkColumn") = "http://www.whatevervalue.com" Next

Where dt is the Datatable you are using.

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