--- title: "ASP.Net Repeater Control" description: "The Repeater control is used to display a repeated list of items that are bound to the control. The Repeater control may be bound to a database table" author: "Anonymous User" published: 2011-07-04 updated: 2014-09-18 canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/blog/197/asp-dot-net-repeater-control category: "asp.net" tags: ["asp.net"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # ASP.Net Repeater Control The [Repeater](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/136/how-to-find-control-inside-of-repeater) [control](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/154/how-to-find-parent-of-control-in-wpf) is used to display a repeated list of [items](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/44359/store-your-valuable-items-in-a-mini-storage-unit) that are bound to the control. The Repeater control may be bound to a [database table](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/159366/how-to-test-regular-expressions-in-sql-without-using-database-table), an [XML file](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/75/how-to-read-and-write-xml-file-through-c-sharp), or another list of items. Repeater control is an iterative control in the sense it loops each record in the [DataSource](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/447/listing-the-databases-connected-to-the-datasource) and renders the specified [template](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/282/creating-custom-template-in-joomla) ([ItemTemplate](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/2057/access-textbox-in-itemtemplate)) for each record in the DataSource collection.\ To use Repeater Control drag it form ToolBox left pane into your .aspx file or write the following [ASP.Net](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/934/default-folders-available-inside-the-asp-dot-net-application-folder) Repeater Control in your .aspx file. ``` ``` ##### Example: Here we are making a List to add dynamically main category ##### item and their sub category item with help of Repeater Control. ### ```    
   
           <%-- // table to take  maincategory item  --%>                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
                          <%--  //Asp.Net Repeater Control to add Main Category Item--%>                           
                                           

                                            
                                                                                                                         
                     <%--//Bind main Category table item with main Repeater control --%>                          >                                                                                                                                                              
                <%--  //Child Repeater Control in ASP.Net to repeat subcategory item list  --%>                                           
                            
                                                   
  •                            <%-- // Bind subcategory  table item  with  child repeater control--%>                               >
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    ``` --- Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/blog/197/asp-dot-net-repeater-control Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.