Use a ListView control to render an HTML table. : ListView « 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 id="Head1" runat="server">
<title>Table ListView</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:ListView
ID="lstProducts"
DataSourceId="srcProducts"
runat="server">
<LayoutTemplate>
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<td>Title</td>
<td>Director</td>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<asp:Placeholder
id="itemPlaceholder"
runat="server" />
</tbody>
</table>
</LayoutTemplate>
<ItemTemplate>
<tr>
<td><%# Eval("Title") %></td>
<td><%# Eval("Director") %></td>
</tr>
</ItemTemplate>
<EmptyDataTemplate>
No records found
</EmptyDataTemplate>
</asp:ListView>
<asp:SqlDataSource
id="srcProducts"
SelectCommand="SELECT Id, Title, Director FROM Product"
ConnectionString='<%$ ConnectionStrings:Products %>'
Runat="server" />
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
File: Web.config
<configuration>
<connectionStrings>
<add name="Products"
connectionString="Data Source=.\SQLEXPRESS;
AttachDbFilename=|DataDirectory|MyDatabase.mdf;Integrated Security=True;User Instance=True" />
</connectionStrings>
</configuration>