Comparison of the GridView, Repeater, and DataList Controls - ASP.NET
All three provide the following features.
View data
Templates
Feature
Repeater
DataList
GridView
Edit Data
-
X
X
Create Data
-
-
X
1
Select/Edit/Delete
-
X
X
Table layout
-
X
2
X
Flow layout
X
X
-
Column layout
-
X
-
Style properties
-
X
X
Sorting
-
-
X
Paging
-
-
X
Footnotes
Data can be created with the GridView control by using the GridViewExtender class, available
here
.
The table layout is not an intrinsic part of the DataList control, but rather must be coded manually.