Return a DataTable with Webservice and Bind via JavaScript

I am using a Webserivce method that returns a DataTable and in JavaScript I have this:

function pageLoad() {
ret = Dashboard.FetchQuadOne(OnCompleteOne, OnTimeOut, OnError);
ret = Dashboard.FetchQuadTwo(OnCompleteTwo, OnTimeOut, OnError);
}

function OnCompleteOne(result) {
document.getElementById('div1').innerHTML = result;
}

If I have my Webservice method, FetchQuadOne return a DataTable, how can I bind that to a GridView using JavaScript? Or is there a way to do this in the code-behind of my .aspx page? I guess I could just build an html table in my webservice method and return that, but it would be mugh each easier to bind the DataTable to a GridView.

I don't see how this could work, a DataTable is a .NET specific object. Javascript has no knowledge of how to consume that or for that matter any knowledge of how to bind to a .NET Datagrid. You could return xml or JSON and bind to some other data structure using XSL or roll your own.

Yeah, that is what I was afraid of. I thought maybe there would be someone way to put the JavaScript in the code-behind page and somehow bind the DataTable to a GirdView. I wanted all the built-in features of the GridView, like sorting and formating. O- well. I just wanted to make sure it wasn't possible before I head down an ugly road of building the table on the fly with the data.

Thanks.

Hi,

I think this article ofKazi Manzur Rashid can help you:http://dotnetslackers.com/articles/ajax/ASPNETAjaxGridAndPager.aspx

This article will show you how to create an AJAX Grid and a generic pager, which mimics the built-in GridView control on the client side.

Best Regards,