Multiple Outputs From One Set of Labels - sql

Question

I am building a website in ASP.NET Web Forms with a SQL Database. The database contains a table with 571 entry's of data.
Output
Source Code
using (SqlConnection connection = new SqlConnection(ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["ConnectionString"].ConnectionString))
{
using (SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand("SELECT Id, Name, Townland, Near, Status, Built FROM Houses ORDER BY Name DESC", connection))
{
connection.Open();
using (SqlDataReader reader = command.ExecuteReader())
{
while (reader.Read())
{
lblId.Text = reader[0].ToString();
lblName.Text = reader[1].ToString();
lblTown.Text = reader[2].ToString();
lblNear.Text = reader[3].ToString();
lblStatus.Text = reader[4].ToString();
lblBuilt.Text = reader[5].ToString();
}
}
}
}
Database
I want to display all 571 houses to do this I would need a set of labels for each house but is there a way I could have one set of labels like the above code to output all 571 entry's without repeating code.

Answer 1

Try to use a Repeater. This is a special control, which allows to define an inner item layout only once and then bind some data to render multiple blocks looking consistently, but containing the different data.
Repeater has ItemTempalte property, which allows you to wrap all the labels you want to see.
<asp:Repeater ID="rptData" runat="server">
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Label runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("Id") %>'></asp:Label>
<asp:Label runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("Name") %>'></asp:Label>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>
Then just load the DB rows into repeater:
rptData.DataSource = command.ExecuteReader();
rptData.DataBind();
And finally, in the HTML layout specify mapping for labels to respective columns - like
<asp:Label runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("Name") %>'></asp:Label>
or
<asp:Label runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("Townland") %>'></asp:Label>
etc.