Default text for empty Repeater control

Question

Using VS 2008, I have a Repeater control:

Answer 1

You can use a footer template to manage massage, like this

Step 1

    <%-- Label used for showing Error Message --%>
    
    
 

Step 2

Handle visibility of lable in Repeater_ItemDataBound event like

protected void Repeater_ItemDataBound(object sender, RepeaterItemEventArgs e)
{
 if (Repeater.Items.Count < 1)
  {
    if (e.Item.ItemType == ListItemType.Footer)
    {
        Label lblDefaultMessage= (Label)e.Item.FindControl("lblDefaultMessage");
        lblDefaultMessage.Visible = true;
    }
  }
}