GridView DataBinding to an Object Hierarchy

[Jay Pondy]

Given the following List(of Position) objects for an ObjectDataSource

Position
Description
EmployeeA
FirstName
LastName
EmployeeB
FirstName
LastName

Is it possible to bind a GridView column to EmployeeA.LastName?

 

[Jay Pondy]

Yes. Use a Template Column:

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="EmployeeA">
<ItemTemplate>
<%#eval("EmployeeA.LastName") %>
</ItemTemplate>
/asp:TemplateField>