Nested data bind sample : DataList « Data Binding « ASP.NET Tutorial
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<%@ Page Language="C#"%>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>Untitled Page</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<h2>Nested data bind sample</h2>
<asp:DataList ID="_outerDataList" runat="server"
DataSourceID="_bookstoreDataSource">
<ItemTemplate>
Title: <%# Eval("Title") %><br />
<asp:DataList runat="server" ID="_nestedDastaList"
DataSource='<%# XPathSelect("chapter") %>'>
<ItemTemplate>
<h4>Chapternum: <%# XPath("@num") %></h4>
<h4>Chapter name: <%# XPath("@name") %></h4>
<%# XPath(".") %>
<br />
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:DataList>
<br />
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:DataList>
<asp:XmlDataSource ID="_bookstoreDataSource"
runat="server" DataFile="~/App_Data/Data.xml"
XPath="/Data/genre/book" />
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
File: Data.xml
<Data>
<genre name="Business">
<book ISBN="1" Title="Database" Price="19.99">
<chapter num="1" name="Introduction">
Abstract...
</chapter>
<chapter num="2" name="Body">
Abstract...
</chapter>
<chapter num="3" name="Conclusion">
Abstract...
</chapter>
</book>
<book ISBN="2" Title="Computer" Price="2.99">
<chapter num="1" name="Introduction">
Abstract...
</chapter>
<chapter num="2" name="Body">
Abstract...
</chapter>
<chapter num="3" name="Conclusion">
Abstract...
</chapter>
</book>
<book ISBN="3" Title="VB" Price="19.99">
<chapter num="1" name="Introduction">
Abstract...
</chapter>
<chapter num="2" name="Body">
Abstract...
</chapter>
<chapter num="3" name="Conclusion">
Abstract...
</chapter>
</book>
</genre>
</Data>