I am trying to databind a DataTable to an accordion and I have found that If I retrieve the DataTable from a database using a table adapter it binds to the accordion perfectly however what I want to do is create a dummy table (for testing purposes if I don't have access to my database) the code to create the dummy table is below:
DataTable table2 = new DataTable("articletable");
table2.Columns.Add("articleID");
table2.Columns.Add("title");
table2.Columns.Add("content");
DataRow row = table2.NewRow();
row[0] = "1";
row[1] = "article name";
row[2] = "article contents go here";
table2.Rows.Add(row);
When I try to data bind that table however the accordion does not display. I can bind it to a gridview or detailsview but not the accordion.
After 4 hours of banging my head against the wall, I discovered that the DataSource field is VERY picky.
Here's my code:
DataSet ds = new DataSet();
DataTable dt = new DataTable();
dt.Columns.Add("Name");
dt.Columns.Add("Branch");
dt.Columns.Add("Officer");
dt.Columns.Add("CustAcct");
dt.Columns.Add("Grade");
dt.Columns.Add("Rate");
dt.Columns.Add("OrigBal");
dt.Columns.Add("BookBal");
dt.Columns.Add("Available");
dt.Columns.Add("Effective");
dt.Columns.Add("Maturity");
dt.Columns.Add("Collateral");
dt.Columns.Add("LoanSource");
dt.Columns.Add("RBCCode");
dt.Rows.Add(new object[] { "James Bond, LLC", 120, "Garrison Neely", "123 3428749020", 35, "6.000", "$24,590", "$13,432",
"$12,659", "12/13/21", "1/30/27", 55, "ILS", "R"});
ds.Tables.Add(dt);
accReportData.DataSourceID = null;
accReportData.DataSource = ds.Tables[0].DefaultView;
accReportData.DataBind();
Turns out that the accordion only likes being bound to a dataset table's defaultview. I tried binding to just a DataTable (dt) and it failed. Even dt.DefaultView failed. Once I added it to a DataSet, it binds like a champ. Very annoying, with lost of wasted time. I know you've probably long-since forgotten this, but I wanted to make it available to future searchers. Accordion.DataSource must be bound to a DataSet.Table.DefaultView to work.