ASP.NET FAQ - Table Control

Here is an article from ftp online: Customize Tabular Display

In IE5 and later, significantly faster Table Rendering is now possible. Here is some information in MSDN : Enhancing Table Presentation.

Among other things, you can specific col specific widths using the colgroup tag or col tag and also set the visibility of rows and columns using special styles.

<asp:Table id='Table1' runat='server'></asp:Table>

VB.NET

’Populate the DataSet ds
Dim dr As DataRow 
For Each dc In ds.Tables(0).Columns 
	Dim trow As New TableRow() 
	Dim tcellcolname As New TableCell() 
	’To Display the Column Names 
	For Each dr In ds.Tables(0).Rows 
		tcellcolname.Text = dc.ColumnName 
		trow.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Beige 
		tcellcolname.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.AliceBlue 
		’Populate the TableCell with the Column Name 
		tcellcolname.Controls.Add(New LiteralControl(dc.ColumnName.ToString)) 
	Next 
	trow.Cells.Add(tcellcolname) 
	’To Display the Column Data 
	For Each dr In ds.Tables(0).Rows 
		Dim tcellcoldata As New TableCell() 
		’Populate the TableCell with the Column Data 
		tcellcoldata.Controls.Add(New LiteralControl(dr(dc.ColumnName).ToString)) 
		trow.Cells.Add(tcellcoldata) 
	Next 
	Table1.Rows.Add(trow) 
Next  

C#

//Populate the DataSet ds
foreach(DataColumn  dc in ds.Tables[0].Columns )
{
	TableRow trow = new TableRow(); 
	TableCell tcellcolname = new TableCell() ;
	foreach(DataRow dr in ds.Tables[0].Rows )
	{
		tcellcolname.Text = dc.ColumnName ;
		trow.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Beige ;
		tcellcolname.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.AliceBlue ;
		//Populate the TableCell with the Column Name 
		tcellcolname.Controls.Add(new LiteralControl(dc.ColumnName.ToString())) ;
	}
	trow.Cells.Add(tcellcolname) ;
	//To Display the Column Data 
	foreach(DataRow dr in ds.Tables[0].Rows )
	{
		TableCell tcellcoldata =new TableCell() ;
		//Populate the TableCell with the Column Data 
		tcellcoldata.Controls.Add(new LiteralControl(dr[dc.ColumnName].ToString())) ;
		trow.Cells.Add(tcellcoldata);
	}
	Table1.Rows.Add(trow) ;
}

<asp:Table id='Table1' runat='server'></asp:Table>

VB.NET

Dim mycn As SqlConnection
Dim myda As SqlDataAdapter
Dim ds As DataSet
mycn = New SqlConnection('server = localhost;uid=sa;password=;database=northwind')
myda = New SqlDataAdapter('Select Employeeid, FirstName , LastName from employees', mycn)
ds = New DataSet
myda.Fill(ds, 'Employees')

Dim dc As DataColumn
Dim dr As DataRow
For Each dr In ds.Tables(0).Rows
	Dim trow As New TableRow
	For Each dc In ds.Tables(0).Columns
		Dim tcell As New TableCell
		tcell.Controls.Add(New LiteralControl(dr(dc.ColumnName).ToString))
		trow.Cells.Add(tcell)
	Next
Table1.Rows.Add(trow)
Next

C#

SqlConnection     mycn ; 
SqlDataAdapter myda ; 
DataSet ds ; 
mycn = new SqlConnection('server = localhost;uid=sa;password=;database=northwind');
myda = new SqlDataAdapter('Select Employeeid, FirstName , LastName from employees', mycn);
ds = new DataSet();
myda.Fill(ds, 'Employees');

TableRow trow ;
TableCell tcell;
foreach  (DataRow dr in ds.Tables[0].Rows)
{
	trow = new TableRow ();  
	foreach( DataColumn dc in ds.Tables[0].Columns)
	{
	tcell= new  TableCell ();
	tcell.Controls.Add(new LiteralControl(dr[dc.ColumnName].ToString()));
	trow.Cells.Add(tcell);
	}
Table1.Rows.Add(trow);
}

Set style property for the table cell as

style='WORD-BREAK:break-all'