Display name instead of ID using Join in ASP.Net Repeater using C# and VB.Net

Hi ramco1917,

Please refer below sample.

Database

For this example I have used of Northwind database that you can download using the link given below.

Download Northwind Database

HTML

<asp:Repeater ID="rptData" runat="server">
    <HeaderTemplate>
        <table>
            <thead>
                <th>ProductName</th>
                <th>CategoryName</th>
            </thead>
            <tbody>
    </HeaderTemplate>
    <ItemTemplate>
        <tr>
            <td>
                <asp:HiddenField ID="ProductID" runat="server" Value='<%# Eval("ProductID") %>' />
                <asp:Literal ID="ProductName" Text='<%# Eval("ProductName") %>' runat="server"></asp:Literal>
            </td>
            <td><asp:Literal ID="CategoryName" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("CategoryName") %>'></asp:Literal></td>
        </tr>
    </ItemTemplate>
    <FooterTemplate>
        </tbody> </table>
    </FooterTemplate>
</asp:Repeater> 

Namespaces

C#

using System.Data;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
using System.Configuration;

VB.Net

Imports System.Data
Imports System.Data.SqlClient
Imports System.Configuration

Code

C#

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    if (!this.IsPostBack)
    {
        string ConString = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["constr"].ConnectionString;
        using (SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(ConString))
        {
            using (SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("SELECT TOP 5 ProductID,ProductName,c.CategoryName FROM Products p INNER JOIN Categories c ON p.CategoryID = c.CategoryID ORDER BY ProductID", con))
            {
                con.Open();
                rptData.DataSource = cmd.ExecuteReader();
                rptData.DataBind();
                con.Close();
            }
        }
    }
}

VB.Net

Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
    If Not Me.IsPostBack Then
        Dim ConString As String = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("constr").ConnectionString
        Using con As SqlConnection = New SqlConnection(ConString)
            Using cmd As SqlCommand = New SqlCommand("SELECT TOP 5 ProductID,ProductName,c.CategoryName FROM Products p INNER JOIN Categories c ON p.CategoryID = c.CategoryID ORDER BY ProductID", con)
                con.Open()
                rptData.DataSource = cmd.ExecuteReader()
                rptData.DataBind()
                con.Close()
            End Using
        End Using
    End If
End Sub

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