Program to get output in DetailView & FormView

Create a webpage and show the difference between DetailView and FormView.
Record should be displayed from the database in both the controls.

Answer:

DetailView vs FormView:
The DetailView and FormView controls enable us to display a single data item i.e. a single database record at a time. Both the controls help us perform insert, update, delete and select operation on the database with single data item.

Introduction:
In this application we are use DetailView and FormView controls to display the record from the database. Both the controls are used to display only single record at a time.

Steps to develop this application

1. Create a table “StudentMaster”

create table StudentMaster (studID int, studName varchar(50), DOB date, Percentage float, courseName varchar(20), Address varchar(100))


2. Develop the web page in vb.net

detailviewVsformview.aspx

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
    <title></title>
</head>
     <%@ Import Namespace="System.Data.SqlClient" %>
     <%@ Import Namespace="System.Data" %>
     <%@ Import Namespace="System" %>
     <%@ Import Namespace="System.Configuration" %>
      <script language="VB" runat="server"  Debug="true">

          Protected Sub Page_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
              If Not Me.IsPostBack Then
                  Me.BindData()
              End If
          End Sub

          Sub BindData()
              Dim constr As String = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings("ConnectionString")
              Using oConn As New SqlConnection(constr)
                  Dim cmd As New SqlCommand("select * from StudentMaster")
                  Dim sda As New SqlDataAdapter()
                  cmd.Connection = oConn
                  sda.SelectCommand = cmd
                  Dim dt As New DataTable()
                  sda.Fill(dt)
                  FormView1.DataSource = dt
                  formview1.DataBind()
                  detailview.DataSource = dt
                  detailview.DataBind()
              End Using
          End Sub

      </script>
   <body>
      <form id="form1" runat="server">
        <div>
            <h2><i><u>Record to DetailView Control</u></i></h2>
            <asp:DetailsView ID="detailview" runat="server" Width="275px">       
            </asp:DetailsView>
            <h2><i><u>Record to FormView Control</u></i></h2>
            <asp:FormView ID="formview1" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="false" AllowPaging ="true">
       
                <ItemTemplate>
                    <b><%#Eval("studName")%></b>  
                    <b><%#Eval("DOB", "{0:MM/dd/yyyy}")%></b>  
                    <b><%#Eval("courseName")%></b>  
                    <b><%#Eval("Address")%></b>
                </ItemTemplate>
      
            </asp:FormView>
        </div>
      </form>
    </body>
</html>


Output:

detailview and formview
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